As every good executive needs to be in the know, here are some great new words from the "Slang Dictionary":

  1. Funemployed (v) = Not having a job, yet having lots of time to enjoy fun activities during otherwise normal working hours.
  2. Carborexic (n) = a person who is obsessed with minimizing his or her use of carbon
  3. Precycling (v) = purchasing products based on how recyclable they are.
  4. Disemvowel (v) = To remove the vowels from a piece of text as a form of editing down on space
  5. Micro-boredom (n) = What used to be called downtime, but is now filled with checking our phone/chat/sms/email.
  6. Pinkwashers (n) = Certain companies that specifically use support for breast cancer research to promote products or services.
  7.  gr7 = pretty good, but not gr8.
  8. Geo-fencing (v) = Setting a physical boundary, via a GPS system to where someone can roam.
  9. Caribou Barbie (n) = A nickname for a former vice presidential candidate, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska.

Please let me know any other good ones you know! We'll add them to the list.



Comments:

These are absolutely hilarious! Thanks so much for sharing. I can attest to having been "funemployed" in the past!

Posted by Maijaliisa on June 16, 2009 at 02:09 PM PDT #

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