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synthetic short n. At a time when traders would normally have shorted the stock as part of the trade, they’re instead bypassing the rising cost of doing so by assembling what are called “synthetic shorts.” In case you’re not familiar with that term, synthetic shorts are a specialized type of options trade that involves buying puts and selling calls at the same strike prices to achieve the same risk/reward profile as an outright short in Citi stock. The advantage of a synthetic short is that you don’t have to go through the hassle of actually shorting the stock, or trying to borrow it in a hard-to-borrow market. (Apr. 22, 2009) [full citation…]

prebate n. Malaker said one of the main reasons the plan is called the “fair tax” is because of what is called the “prebate.” The FairTax prebate is a tax rebate—paid a month in advance by the government—on purchases of items up to what the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sets as the poverty level. (Apr. 22, 2009) [full citation…]

Googie n. The sign, erected sometime during the 1950s, is an example of what is called “Googie,” an exaggerated Jetsons-style of architecture named after a Los Angeles coffee shop. (Apr. 22, 2009) [full citation…]

hot prowl burglary n. A string of what the police call “hot prowl” burglaries—entries into people’s homes as they sleep—had been reported. (Apr. 22, 2009) [full citation…]

EIT n. We stand by our story. The critical information we got from Abu Zubaydah came after we began the EIT’s, enhanced interrogation techniques. (Apr. 22, 2009) [full citation…]

FAKO n. Non-FICO credit scores are sometimes dimissively referred to as “FAKO” scores. (Apr. 20, 2009) [full citation…]

walling n. NBC Nightly News noted that the memos provide “the fullest description yet of the techniques used by the CIA on roughly 30 detainees,” including “slapping, sleep deprivation, stress positions, nudity, something called “walling”—slamming detainees against a false wall, provided they wear a collar to minimize whiplash.” (Apr. 20, 2009) [full citation…]

flagging n. The boy with the photo on his cell was now in trouble for having pulled a girl’s pants down in class (another teen phenomenon known as “flagging”). (Apr. 20, 2009) [full citation…]

tarp v. Bank of America has been “tarped” (a new verb), like AIG, but not as much. Only $45 billion was handed over from the government. Still, this tarping helped propel the stock from $3 to an $11 rally, fueled by a combination of traders and optimistic investors. (Apr. 17, 2009) [full citation…]

Georgia ice cream n. Rogers merely shifted the ideas that worked at Toddle House, such as waffles with pecans, into the Waffle House concept. He always served lots of grits, which Rogers likes to call “Georgia ice cream.” (Apr. 17, 2009) [full citation…]

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