New SLANG Words in the Cultural Dictionary
As every good executive needs to be in the know, here are some great new words from the "Slang Dictionary":
- Funemployed (v) = Not having a job, yet having lots of time to enjoy fun activities during otherwise normal working hours.
- Carborexic (n) = a person who is obsessed with minimizing his or her use of carbon
- Precycling (v) = purchasing products based on how recyclable they are.
- Disemvowel (v) = To remove the vowels from a piece of text as a form of editing down on space
- Micro-boredom (n) = What used to be called downtime, but is now filled with checking our phone/chat/sms/email.
- Pinkwashers (n) = Certain companies that specifically use support for breast cancer research to promote products or services.
- gr7 = pretty good, but not gr8.
- Geo-fencing (v) = Setting a physical boundary, via a GPS system to where someone can roam.
- 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.
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 #