Michael Jordan en · NOUN
Etymology
Referring to American basketball player Michael Jordan (b. 1963).
Meanings
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(informal) Someone representing the highest level of achievement.
He [Sam Altman] is the “Michael Jordan of listening,” people have said.
2025, Karen Hao, Empire of AI, New York City: Penguin Press, →ISBN:Holbrook agrees, saying the Colombians they’ve met find it “embarrassing that we’re not talking about a hero, we’re talking about a criminal. But,” he concedes, “it is the Michael Jordan of criminals.”
2016 August 27, Luke Holland, “'The Michael Jordan of criminals': how Narcos found a true villain in Pablo Escobar”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Jordans | Number=Plur | lexicographic |