It’s when union members strike without authorization from the Union Leadership.
Why do so many American idioms start with wildcat?
This is a much mroe interesting question that I don’t think I have a satisfying answer for. USians have loved Wildcats (or Lynx, Bobcats, Ocelots) since like the 1800’s.
E) I think the first broadly publicized use of it by US Americans was calling the senators who declared war on Britain in 1812 “Wildcats.”
Is that good or bad from a leftist perspective?
I think the correct answer to this is “It depends.”
“sense of “one who forms rash projects” is attested from 1812”
I get the idea that there’s a pejorative sense to the word. Rash is not typically a synonym you want used in place of wildcat in most of the uses I’ve seen, ie: wildcat strikes.
It’s when union members strike without authorization from the Union Leadership.
This is a much mroe interesting question that I don’t think I have a satisfying answer for. USians have loved Wildcats (or Lynx, Bobcats, Ocelots) since like the 1800’s.
E) I think the first broadly publicized use of it by US Americans was calling the senators who declared war on Britain in 1812 “Wildcats.”
I think the correct answer to this is “It depends.”
No, not in most cases.
Wildcat strike where you just release a bunch of wildcats into the executive suite
From my (2nd) favorite website: https://www.etymonline.com/word/wildcat
I get the idea that there’s a pejorative sense to the word. Rash is not typically a synonym you want used in place of wildcat in most of the uses I’ve seen, ie: wildcat strikes.
Also, “She’s a wildcat”