willwatching
/ˈwɪlˌwɒtʃɪŋ/nounVerified NewThe quiet monitoring, within some families, of who is favored in inheritance terms and what each signal means.
It surfaces in jokes ("don't spend the inheritance"), in who is trusted with the house keys, in sudden attentiveness at hospital beds. Nobody names it; everyone scores it.
Etym. — will (testament) + watching — probate as spectator sport.
Rel. — lorefeud
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