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Car dealer lingo dictionary is filled with gold balls and green peas
2014-11-07 05:32:41| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Every industry develops its own slang mastering it brings people together as part of a group and makes communication harder for outsiders to understand. Given the less-than-sterling reputation that car salesmen have among many consumers, it should be no surprise that they also have their own insider jargon.
Amazon: Profit Is Not In The Dictionary
2014-08-18 11:35:25| IT Services - Topix.net
If I told you a company was projected for about $90 billion in revenues this year, how much do you think the company would report in profits? Would net income be $5 billion, $10 billion, or more? Well, what if I told you that this company was actually expected to lose money this year, and that this would be the second year in the past three that ... (more)
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Scrabble Dictionary Adds 'Selfie,' 'Hashtag,' Others
2014-08-05 18:38:50| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
This month's refresher—the first in almost a decade—adds tech-savvy words like "texter," "vlog," "hashtag," and "selfie," among others.
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FBI's Amusing 'Twitter Speak' Dictionary Revealed
2014-06-18 23:38:06| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
The list of "about 2,800 entries" was part of a FOIA request made in January via the website MuckRock.
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Phablet, Selfie Added to Oxford Online Dictionary
2013-08-28 23:34:50| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
The free online dictionary, published by the those behind the lauded Oxford English Dictionary, on Wednesday added a number of tech terms to its lexicon.
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