Kondo

kondo kondō English thumb|Marie Kondo explaining her methods Etymology surname From en ja 近藤 Kondō. verb After Marie Kondo (近藤 麻理恵), Japanese organizing consultant and author. Verb + +,~-ing +,~'d,~-ed en transitive To tidy up using the methods advocated by Marie Kondo, especially keeping only those things that tokimeku (spark joy). en 26 February 2015 Jennifer Maloney; Megumi Fujikawa Marie Kondo and the Cult of Tidying Up Waiting for kettle to boil … So I Kondoed my recipe books The Wall Street Journal en 12 March 2015 The Psychological Benefits Of 'Kondoing' Your House Lindsay Holmes The Psychological Benefits Of 'Kondoing' Your House The Huffington Post en 10 February 2015 Gurus: Marie Kondo Will Change Your Life: Or at least your living space. Molly Young 'Kondoed fridge before shopping delivery' and 'It seems mundane but I’ve Kondo’d some deodorant that I didn’t like the smell of.' New York Magazine en 23 March 2015 How ‘Kondo-ing’ my closet brought joy to my life Mackenzie Dawson 'How "Kondo-ing" my closet brought joy to my life', 'I Kondo’d my refrigerator last night', 'Dawson’s closet before and after Kondo-ing', and 'The first thing I Kondo’d was my books' New York Post en Decluttering isn’t always so simple for plus-size women stuff Ally Garrett 11 March 2016 Kondoing requires clothing to be folded in a particular way and certain corners of Pinterest overflow with images of diligently arranged underwear drawers. http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/fashion/77778208/decluttering-isnt-always-so-simple-for-plussize-women.html en Spark joy in your closet with a web-designed DIY luxury makeover Paula Mooney 14 June 2016 http://www.examiner.com/article/spark-joy-your-closet-with-a-web-designed-diy-luxury-makeover Many people have heard of the movement that has folks asking if items in their closets “spark joy” or not. Begun by Marie “KonMari” Kondo, the “Kondoing” method of sparking joy has inspired people to go through their closets and discard or donate those items that don’t spark a sense of joy in their lives. The Examiner https://web.archive.org/web/20160618124138/http://www.examiner.com:80/article/spark-joy-your-closet-with-a-web-designed-diy-luxury-makeover 18 June 2016 en Kondo-ing: A Guru of Organizing Becomes a Verb Ben Zimmer 17 January 2019 https://www.wsj.com/articles/kondo-ing-a-guru-of-organizing-becomes-a-verb-11547745648 The spelling has not quite settled down. Because the name ends in a vowel, we see both “Kondo-ing” and “Kondoing,” as well as “Kondo-ed,” “Kondoed” and “Kondo’d.” The Wall Street Journal Alternative forms en Marie Kondo Marie-Kondo Translations Kondo Finnish: fi konmarittaa, fi marittaa Proper noun s en Japanese. Derived terms en Kondo effect en eponyms French Etymology fr ja 近藤 Kondō. Pronunciation [on:o_n] Proper noun fr Japanese Portuguese Etymology pt :bor ja:近藤<tr:Kondō> + 1 Proper noun mfbysense pt Japanese