syncswell
/ˈsɪŋkˌswɛl/nounVerified NewThe swelling of a "quick sync" from its promised minutes into an unplanned hour.
Fifteen minutes on the invite, forty-five in practice, because the real agenda was never the agenda. Syncswell is why everyone now buffers their calendars — and why the buffer becomes the next thing swallowed.
Etym. — sync + swell: the meeting as a tide that takes the space it finds.
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