Nepotism

Word of the Day for Sunday March 6, 2005

nepotism \NEP-uh-tiz-um\, noun:
Favoritism shown to members of one's family, as in business; bestowal of patronage in consideration of relationship, rather than of merit or of legal claim.

I got a job there as a result of my grandfather being on the board of directors -- a lesson in loyalty here, or, should I say, just plain old nepotism.
--James Carville, Stickin': The Case for Loyalty

The staff was recruited by unabashed nepotism.
--Noel Annan, Changing Enemies

Some custodians have worked their way around more recent nepotism rules by hiring each other's relatives.
--Diane Ravitch and Joseph P. Viteritti, New Schools for a New Century


Nepotism derives from Latin nepot-, nepos, "grandson, nephew." It is related to nephew, which comes from the Latin via Old French neveu.
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Weekends are hard because I'm locked in the toy store all weekend. these just happen to be what I had near me. If i had an actualy full day, there were several moving company trucks and other illustrations that I would have loved to do. The deli man suggested I find a pic of W and George Sr. but I declined.

Family businesses:



the family owned bodega, pizza place, and falafel restaurant-everyone who works at each of these places are related!




Two cases of ultimate nepotism, both fictional in my books: