Definition of meetnik :.
(mēt-nĭk)
1. (n.) A person who enjoys meetings and other administrative events and tries to attend as many of them as possible.
Origins: Meet from Middle English meten, to assemble, and -nik from the early 1960's as a suffix to describe anyone who has a large level of conformity to the describing prefix as used in peacenik or beatnik.
Example: Being socially active is one thing, meeting for the sake of meeting is another. I try to stay away from meetniks for whom getting together is an end in itself. Meeting without meaning is worse than meaning without meeting.
Submitted by: Mikhail Epstein, Topics: Behavior & Lifestyle, Business & Economy
