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Taipa: Time Performance

The Japanese neologism taipa refers to the level of satisfaction gained compared with the time spent. You might increase taipa, for example, by listening to an audiobook at twice the normal speed. Taipa derives from the Japanese words taimu pafōmansu, which are adapted from the English words time performance. This is part of a complete episode.

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