skippertak

Short-spanned, intense labour. Originally from Norwegian naval / maritime history, referring to the situation where a vessel would arrive or depart from harbour, and everyone from swain to captain would be part of the frenzy of operations needed to accomplish the overall task at hand. Later also used in everyday speech, where the word reflects to a situation that is sliding on time or have been postponed for so long that getting back on track / getting a jour requires a very large effort.