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obitutainment n. It may say that people are avidly interested in “obitutainment,” a term for celebrity death news coined in the Kurt Anderson novel “Turn of the Century” and reprised by Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” last week in a parody of the often speculative media coverage of Mr. Jackson’s death. (Jul. 7, 2009) [full citation…]

vermacular n. Thanks to the character-inspired icons for various Mac-related applications, there’s a new word-building form of entertainment to get bored workers through the doldrums of the day. Like a contemporary version of the grade school novelty of spelling out words on calculators (it actually had a name, beghilos), art director Mike Giepart’s posts examples of the new “typeface.” While the technique seems too recent to have been given a common name, Vermacular sounds about right. (Jul. 5, 2009) [full citation…]

Revengelical n. Wasn’t it in Genesis (as Revengelicals follow the Old Testament pretty closely) that Moses was speaking with God over the fate of the “wicked” city Sodom and that if a whole 10 righteous people existed in the city that God would spare it? Apparently they think that there were less than that in all of New Orleans. (Jul. 5, 2009) [full citation…]

hot money n. Rather than simply wooing local customers, they have turned to out-of-state brokers who deliver billions of dollars in bulk deposits, widely known as “hot money,” from investors nationwide. In fast-growing regions like this one in central Georgia, the money produced record bank profits and financed whole new communities, built at a phenomenal rate. But the hot money also came with a high cost. To lure the money from brokers, banks typically had to offer unusually high rates. That, in turn, often led them to make ever riskier loans, leaving them vulnerable when the economy collapsed. Magnet failed early this year and Security Bank is barely hanging on. Though few people have heard of it, hot money—or brokered deposits, as it is also known in the industry—is one of the primary factors in the accelerating wave of failures among small and regional banks nationwide. [...] But the money is volatile. It can be easily shifted from one bank to another as brokers seek the highest interest rates. Thus the term hot money. (Jul. 4, 2009) [full citation…]

yes-and v. They stayed for over an hour and completely yes-anded everything we threw at them. There were moments where it felt like we actually did all know each other and you sort of forgot you were “acting.” (Jul. 3, 2009) [full citation…]

ten-tenths adj. Racers often rate their effort in terms of tenths, with nine-tenths being an agressive race pace and ten-tenths a banzai lap. (Jul. 3, 2009) [full citation…]

harlotfest n. RenFest 2009, a “harlotfest” style of tournement where teammates play against one another with players from other teams. (Jul. 3, 2009) [full citation…]

negative operating cycle n. You can buy an iPod nano on Apple, Best Buy, etc. for about $149. Amazon sells it for $134. That’s probably cost price. It turns out that Amazon can sell almost everything at cost price and still make a product because of volume. It’s all down to the Negative Operating Cycle. Amazon turns over its inventory every 20 days whereas Best Buy takes 74 days. Standard retail term payments take 45 days. So Best Buy is in debt between day 45 and day 74. Amazon, on the other hand, are sitting on cash between day 20 and day 45. In that time, they can invest that money. That’s where their profit comes from. (Jul. 3, 2009) [full citation…]

sporno n. Dolce & Gabbana’s latest sporno campaign for their Intimo men’s underwear line (above), employing eager, wide-shouldered chaps from their national team to stretch their designer cotton, seems to have taken inspiration from the tarty antics of the swimmers at last year’s Olympics, peeling their swimsuits off to flash their ‘cum gutters’ at the world (or was it just me?). (Jul. 3, 2009) [full citation…]

Twaggot n. Twaggot please. Maybe the new king of eyeliner. (Jul. 3, 2009) [full citation…]

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