Glossary terms beginning with K

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Terms beginning with K

kin-keeping kin-keeper · kinkeeping · kinwork
The work of holding a family and friendship network together — remembering milestones, initiating contact, organizing gatherings, and relaying news so relatives and friends stay connected. Appears in flags 337, 339 See also: emotional labor, mental load
kitchen sinking gunnysacking
Hauling every unresolved past grievance into a single present argument at once, until no one complaint can be heard or solved — 'everything but the kitchen sink.' Appears in flags 77, 81 See also: gentle start-up, kitchen thinking
kitchen thinking
Silently bringing past relational grievances to mind during a new, unrelated conflict — the internal version of kitchen sinking, even when the old complaints are never said aloud. Appears in flag 77 See also: kitchen sinking, rumination