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mailbox money n. The recurring revenue SCR earns as a result of switching its clients to Mercury is what Milligan refers to as “mailbox money.” That is, once a client is switched over, SCR receives a monthly residual check from Mercury based on the card processing activity of the customer. All Milligan has to do is walk to the mailbox. (Jun. 3, 2009) [full citation…]

debting n. Despite the hard lessons we’re now learning about the perils of credit, my guess is that when this crisis is over, be it in five years or around the time of the next ice age, we’ll go back to our debting ways. Why? For one thing, we have short memories in this country. For another, we’re tireless believers in the American way of life—and the plastic that makes it possible. (Jun. 3, 2009) [full citation…]

sexual anorexia n. Your husband’s behavior is actually very common for people who have a sexual addiction. There is a term for it: Sexual Anorexia—he starves you sexually because he no longer needs you—he has videos which don’t demand anything from him. He has actors on a stage who seem to give him all he needs, and they do not expect anything. (Jun. 3, 2009) [full citation…]

cashed-up adj. Another speaker at the summit, futurist Ross Honeywill, points out that boomers or the “cashed-up and cranky,” as he calls them are active and immediate holiday-takers, with half of them intending to holiday before October. (Jun. 3, 2009) [full citation…]

split bit n. Under the state laws that govern sentencing, grand larceny is considered a non-violent crime, and it carries no mandatory minimum prison or jail sentence. In similar cases, judges often impose sentences that carry a combination of six months” county jail time and five years” probation—an arrangement that’s commonly known as a “split bit.” (May. 30, 2009) [full citation…]

howdy process n. Vivian, who arrived at the old Central Texas Zoo in 1966 as a teenager from the wild, had literally bitten the heads off two previous suitors. But the third time was the charm: Vivian reacted well during the “howdy” process—zoo parlance for slowly introducing animals to each other with a mesh safety barrier in between them. (May. 30, 2009) [full citation…]

Seattle polite n. Seattle is commonly referred to as the Emerald City, which implies that we see ourselves as a gleaming jewel (and perhaps earth friendly as well), a showplace of what a good city should be. We favor getting things done by agreement here. Another name for it is: Seattle polite. (May. 30, 2009) [full citation…]

pseudolite n. Airports could, however, have inexpensive pseudolites that would receive GPS signals and broadcast their own, to provide both a stronger signal locally and one that is geographically more advantageous than any of those received from satellites. (May. 30, 2009) [full citation…]

door-step lending n. Again it is the current state of the economy that is to blame—a drying of liquidity has seen a reduction in sub-prime lending, often known as “door-step lending.” (May. 30, 2009) [full citation…]

vampire bite n. The neck piercing is usually done off to one side of the neck and most commonly referred to as “vampire bites.” These are done with a surface bar and if done correctly, have a lower rate of rejection. When the piercing is removed, two small holes are left, mimicking a “vampire bite.” (May. 30, 2009) [full citation…]

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