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law of the jungle
law of the jungle
Survival of the strongest, as in The recent price war among airlines was governed by the law of the jungle. This term, alluding to the jungle as a place devoid of ethics where brutality and self-interest reign, was first used by Rudyard Kipling in The Jungle Book (1894).
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Espen | | - | Norwegian, Danish |
| Melanie | | MEL-ə-nee (English), ME-lah-nee (German) | English, German, Dutch |
| Rishi | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Nepali |
| Debi | | DEB-ee | English |
| Steven | | STEEV-ən (English), STAY-vən (Dutch) | English, Dutch |
| Bertie | | BUR-tee | English |