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  • business / marketing / new economy
    interfaceseveranceoutsource
    multi-taskdownsizeteam player
    deadline-orientedsynergyparadigm shift
    customer serviceproductizestart-up
    functionalitymonetizevalue-added
    think outside of the boxbrandingspace (as in "we're dominating that space")
    24/7hot-buttonrobust
    per our discussionhuman resourcesleverage
    your call is important to us

    elements of style
    irregardlessutilizepostmodern
    preexistingpsychobabbledialogue (as verb)
    deplanepreboardrandomize
    parentingless (when it should be fewer)unloosen
    firstlyat this point in timeimpact (as verb)
    orientateaccess (as verb)verbal agreement
    (to mean oral agreement)
    furthermorein actualityat this juncture
    process (as verb)oxymoronmore unique
    as of yetanywaysall's I know

    coffee culture
    iced double cappuccino half caf soy latteventi
    + no foamtall (meaning small)

    politics
    non-issuecompassionate conservatism
    head up (as in "she will head up the committee")giving back to the community
    Make no mistake

    foreign phrases
    ciaocachet
    gestalt

    everyday expressions
    so NOTearthycrunchy
    perturbeddon't go thereclosure
    bad hair dayblurbpostulate
    like, you knowright on!At the end of the day...
    I was all...squattoast
    phatstressed outI'm so busy
    yadda yaddawhateverguesstimate
    my badboobsall over it!
    he goesin any eventdown-to-earth
    crotchpantiesrich tapestry
    dudekiddoI'm sorry, I think of you
    as a friend
    on the same pagetouch basewhimsical
    psyched!bitch (to mean anything other than a female dog)resonate
    hemorrhoidscelluliterock (as verb)
    quirkycremainsGo to bed
    extremeproactiveabsorbent
    it's all goodbingepurge
    belchpustulesalve
    sphincternon-issuenormalcy
    hornyhaving sharedI'm here for you
    To make a long story short...



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