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old boy network
old boy network n informal Brit the appointment to power of former pupils of the same small group of public schools or universities Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | old boy network - an exclusive informal network linking members of a social class or profession or organization in order to provide connections and information and favors (especially in business or politics); "professional women have developed an old boy network of their own"network, web - an interconnected system of things or people; "he owned a network of shops"; "retirement meant dropping out of a whole network of people who had been part of my life"; "tangled in a web of cloth" |
IdiomsSeethe old-boy networkold boy network
Any ‘inside track’ to privileges accorded to an elite or exclusive group of ‘old chums’old boy network “In” group, the 'Mafia' Any 'inside track' to publishing articles in 'premier journals', access to grant monies–eg, from the NIH, hospital staff privileges in prestigious institutions–eg, Massachusetts General Hospital, and other seemingly unfair advantages linked to friendship. See Glass ceiling principle. old boy network
Words related to old boy networknoun an exclusive informal network linking members of a social class or profession or organization in order to provide connections and information and favors (especially in business or politics)Related Words |