neverthriving

English

A neverthriving performing in San Francisco.

Etymology

From never +‎ thriving. Included in a list of collective nouns in the Book of Saint Albans, published in 1486.

Noun

neverthriving (plural neverthrivings)

1. (very rare, often humorous) A group of jugglers.
   • 1994 April 1, labegael, “Re: What's average?”, in rec.juggling‎^[1] (Usenet):

     where did i go wrong? *sob, sob* i merely wanted to point out that not all neverthrivings consist of solely men, that there are some average juggling women.......who don't have testicles.

   • 2005 April 4, Scott Seltzer, “Re: - Voting results and next theme”, in rec.juggling‎^[2] (Usenet):

     For those who don't know, there was a juggling party (not quite a convention, but an informal neverthriving) in Bermuda over the weekend.

   • 2012 October 30, Jeff Strickler, “Juggling is bouncing back”, in Star Tribune:

     Minnesota Neverthriving (15th-century jargon for a company of jugglers) meets in south Minneapolis.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:neverthriving.