Marie Kondo

A form of Kondo — To tidy up using the methods advocated by Marie Kondo, especially keeping only those things that tokimeku (spark joy).

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Meanings

verbMarie Kondo (third-person singular simple present Marie Kondoes or Marie Kondos or Marie Kondo's, present participle Marie Kondo-ing or Marie Kondoing or Marie Kondo'ing, simple past and past participle Marie Kondo'd or Marie Kondo-ed or Marie Kondoed or Marie Kondo'ed)

present singular third person Marie Kondoes · present singular third person Marie Kondos · present singular third person Marie Kondo's · participle present Marie Kondo-ing · participle present Marie Kondoing · participle present Marie Kondo'ing · participle past Marie Kondo'd · past Marie Kondo'd · participle past Marie Kondo-ed · past Marie Kondo-ed · participle past Marie Kondoed · past Marie Kondoed · participle past Marie Kondo'ed · past Marie Kondo'ed

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Kondo.

    I gave away my Mr. Kotter wig when you Marie Kondo’d the apartment.

    2019, Helen Ellis, Southern Lady Code, Doubleday, →ISBN
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    I’m not off the side-hustle market, but I’m a lot more selective now. I kind of Marie Kondo’ed my side hustles—[…]

    2018, Chelsea Fagan, Lauren Ver Hage, quoting Stephanie Georgopulos, The Financial Diet: A Total Beginner’s Guide to Getting Good with Money, Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN

    MARIE KONDO'ING MY KITCHEN: What a food writer learned from a total pantry re-org with a food-waste expert

    2019 January 26, Bethany Jean Clement, Bradenton Herald, volume 97, number 134, page 10D

    New Zealand comedian Tom Sainsbury does a great "Joanna Marie Kondoes the house" on Facebook, which includes shedding tears over the joy sparked by her old dish scrubber from the back of the cupboard.

    2019 February 18, Gina Dempster, “Making the house work”, in Otago Daily Times

    If you have finished Marie Kondoing the heck out of your house and made some room on your bookshelves, it only seems right to welcome the life-giving spring season with a fresh shot of reading material.

    2019 March 2, Dana Gee, “Fresh New Books to Welcome the Season”, in Vancouver Sun, page C3

    She Marie Kondoed all the woven things I’ve given her over the years!

    2020, Katie Fforde, A Springtime Affair, Century, Penguin Random House, →ISBN
Cite this entry
APA

Marie Kondo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Marie%20Kondo

MLA

“Marie Kondo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Marie%20Kondo. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Marie Kondo,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Marie%20Kondo.

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