ORGANIZATION, ORGANIZE, ORGANIZED, ORGANIZING
ADJECTIVES
1840 — ORGANIFIC having the property or power of forming organs or organized structures; formative, organizing
1883 — ORGANIC organizing, constitutive
1969 — TOGETHER well-organized, mentally composed, emotionally stable → colloq.
PHRASES
1999 — HE COULDN’T RUN A CHOOK RAFFLE IN A COUNTRY PUB said of someone lacking in organizational abilities, or of one who is thoroughly incompetent → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
1691 — ECONOMIZE to arrange, to constitute, to organize → obs.
1721 — MODEL to organize, to arrange → Eng. dial. obs.
..20C — BUNG ON to organize, to arrange → sl.
1930 — LAY IT ON THE LINE to organize, to arrange, to plan → Brit. sl.
1938 — LINE OUT to straighten out, to organize → Amer. dial.
1939 — JACK UP to prepare anything; to arrange, organize, contrive → NZ sl.
1945 — HONCHO to organize, supervise, or be the leader of → sl.
1970 — GET TOGETHER to put in order; to organize; to harmonize → sl.
1970 — HAVE YOUR SHIT TOGETHER to be focused, organized, self-confident → US sl.
1973 — GET IT TOGETHER • GET ONE’S ACT TOGETHER to take control of one’s personal condition; to get one’s mind and emotions under control; to become organized → US sl.
1975 — GET YOUR MOJO WORKING to get your act together → Amer. sl.
2006 — GET ON THE STICK to get organized and get busy → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
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