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poor-geoisie n. “If we had a slob in the White House, all the hipsters would turn into some walking Chippendales calendar,” Mr. Peres said. Instead, the streets of Williamsburg are crowded with men who are, as he noted, “proudly rocking a gut.” Mr. Peres’s magazine has a term for these people: the new “poor-geoisie.” (Sep. 20, 2009) [full citation…]

moneymoon n. Don’t fall prey to the “moneymoon”; just because you paid for something doesn’t mean it’s automatically worthwhile. (Sep. 14, 2009) [full citation…]

chicken riggies n.pl. I asked her about a shirt I’d seen in the gift shop that listed something called “chicken riggies” as one of Utica’s claims to fame. She explained that it was a pasta dish—chicken and rigatoni. (Sep. 13, 2009) [full citation…]

molecular condom n. For a decade now, scientists have been working to develop an HIV-blocking vaginal gel, a microbicide often called a molecular condom. (Sep. 13, 2009) [full citation…]

side pocket n. Atticus angered some investors in March 2008 with how it treated its investment in Deutsche Börse. Atticus separated its roughly $1 billion stake in the exchange into what is known as a “side pocket,” which investors saw as limiting their ability to withdraw funds. Atticus executives were privy to confidential information, making it illegal for them to trade the stock, executives of the firm say. (Sep. 13, 2009) [full citation…]

coyoteing n. The remote location of the fire has spurred crews to set up remote campsites closer to the fire’s edge, Freel said, a process known as “coyoteing.” (Sep. 13, 2009) [full citation…]

aircrete n. HeidelbergCement’s sale of Thermalite was postponed after failing to attract a high enough bid for the nation’s biggest maker of aerated-concrete blocks, also known as aircrete, used to insulate buildings. (Sep. 13, 2009) [full citation…]

scatter market n. Demand for television ad time sold closer to the actual air date—what is known in the industry as the scatter market—is plummeting as TV ad execs report that their phones are eerily quiet during what is normally a busy time of the year. (Sep. 13, 2009) [full citation…]

Hitler weather n. Amid the brilliant sunshine which Germans call “Hitler weather”—they used to call it “Kaiser weather”—the Führer rumbled off to Danzig in a six-wheeled juggernaut staff car, followed by two Gestapo cars in which guards sat fingering new-style German repeater rifles. (Sep. 13, 2009) [full citation…]

single n. I was never a standup. I never worked “a single,” as they call it. (Sep. 13, 2009) [full citation…]

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