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joy-to-stuff ratio

joy-to-stuff ratio noun: a person's ratio of time spent enjoying life to time spent acquiring material goods.

Noun

joy-to-stuff ratio (plural joy-to-stuff ratios)

  1. (informal) A person's ratio of time spent enjoying life to time spent acquiring material goods.
    • It's more about evaluating the joy-to-stuff ratio in your life, and halting the hyperconsumerism that is creating excess debt, complications, and stress.2005, Kellyanne Conway, Celinda Lake, What Women Really Want, page 135
    • Philip Brewer […] advises increasing what he calls the joy-to-stuff-ratio and redefining guilty pleasures as shared social experiences that people can revisit together in a frugal manner.2017, Peter Swirski, Tero Eljas Vanhanen, When Highbrow Meets Lowbrow, page 198

Forms of joy-to-stuff ratio

pluraljoy-to-stuff ratios

Questions about joy-to-stuff ratio

What does joy-to-stuff ratio mean?
Joy-to-stuff ratio means a person's ratio of time spent enjoying life to time spent acquiring material goods.
What part of speech is joy-to-stuff ratio?
Joy-to-stuff ratio is a noun.
What is the plural of joy-to-stuff ratio?
The plural of joy-to-stuff ratio is joy-to-stuff ratios.

Words near joy-to-stuff ratio in the dictionary

  1. joy-car
  2. Joy-Con
  3. Joy-Cons
  4. joy-stick
  5. joy-sticks
  6. joy-to-stuff ratio
  7. joy-to-stuff ratios
  8. Joya
  9. Joyal
  10. Joyals
  11. joyance

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