home ec

[ek]

noun

Informal.

1. home economics.

Word History and Origins

Origin of home ec¹

By shortening

Example Sentences

Carol replies, aghast, “Why in the world do you want to take home ec.?”

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But shop class and home ec also teach a broader range of skills.

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“This would enable a food service manager or extension agent or home ec teacher to diagnose and correct food preparation errors,” she wrote.

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“Dreilinger chronicles home ec’s decline beginning in the 1960s and its frantic efforts to reinvent itself,” Virginia Postrel writes in her review, fondly recalling her own time in a middle school home ec classroom.

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A lot of the home ec curriculum becomes about personal growth.

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