status quo

The existing condition or state of affairs, as in We don't want to admit more singers to the chorus; we like the status quo. This term, Latin for "state in which," has been used in English since the early 1800s.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Yehoshua	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Giulio	JOOL-yo	Italian
Angela	AN-jəl-ə (English), AHN-je-lah (Italian), AHNG-ge-lah (German)	English, Italian, German, Dutch, Romanian, Slovene, Slovak, Russian, Macedonian, Late Roman
Leonhard	LE-awn-hahrt	German
Sheryll	SHER-əl	English
Marcie	MAHR-see	English