foyerstatus
/ˈfɔɪəˌstætəs/nounVerified NewThe waiting-room condition of a country long queued at the door of a club it has applied to join.
Candidate status becomes identity: reforms are performed for an audience behind the door, and anniversaries of the application are commemorated. The foyer has a gift shop and a flag.
Etym. — foyer — the room before the room — plus status: membership as anteroom. Five syllables, kept for the architectural metaphor.
Rel. — wendejetlag
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