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Five words or phrases to short on the slang stock exchange

Peteski — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:24:29 PDT

meh
wannapreneur
traction
traction
traction

Five words or phrases to short on the slang stock exchange

sine23 — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:23:11 PDT

Short:

Snarky (not only is it misused to the point of being meaningless, it's a dumb word)
Amazing
Conversation (in the context of new/social media)
Community (as above)
Strategist

sine23

Five words or phrases to short on the slang stock exchange

FiveStarEggRoll — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:17:57 PDT

Crap...no embedded links? "as seen here" refers to:

[valleywag.com]

Harry "'smells like ass' should be banned too" Wang

FiveStarEggRoll

Five words or phrases to short on the slang stock exchange

sample032 — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:17:38 PDT

@Arnaud H: The "shitbird" comment makes me wonder: French Canadian?

I think "duh" might be due for a comeback limited to ironic usage. That shit's a slam-dunk 2.0.

sample032

Five words or phrases to short on the slang stock exchange

FiveStarEggRoll — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:16:57 PDT

How about edu-tastic?

Harry "as seen here" Wang

FiveStarEggRoll

Five words or phrases to short on the slang stock exchange

Troll_2.0 — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:02:07 PDT

"Slam-Dunk"

As in: "This Web 2.0 startup is a, 'slam-dunk,' money maker"

Troll_2.0

Five words or phrases to short on the slang stock exchange

Nicholas Carlson — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:45:01 PDT

@FlakJack: Shudder.

Nicholas Carlson

Five words or phrases to short on the slang stock exchange

FlakJack — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:40:12 PDT

I'm shorting:
Asshat
PR 2.0
"I just threw up in my mouth a little bit"
Hillary Clinton

FlakJack

Five words or phrases to short on the slang stock exchange

Arnaud H — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:37:59 PDT

As a native Frenchman, the use of "douche" has always been a bit disturbing to me. I will however hold on my "douchebag" stock. I have also noticed the resurgence of "shitbird", for which I would issue a careful buy rating.

Arnaud H

Five words or phrases to short on the slang stock exchange

BartKela — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:09:18 PDT

@sample032:

iDisagree

BartKela

Five words or phrases to short on the slang stock exchange

sample032 — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:20:51 PDT

I'll second the shorting of douche. I had a roommate who abused it, and if it didn't have staying power over 4 months in a dorm room, I can't see how it will last more than a week when Paul Boutin starts using it.

I'd like to nominate "i." The company that abuses a prefix more than Apple is McDonalds, and once they fell from America's good graces, "Mc" quickly because a pejorative, e.g. McMansion. Apple should quit while they're ahead, and before someone coins the term iTard.

sample032

Five words or phrases to short on the slang stock exchange

buzzzkilll — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:42:06 PDT

I can has bases are belong to us.

buzzzkilll

Five words or phrases to short on the slang stock exchange

SFJoe — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:34:51 PDT

It's a good thing that the punk class has decided to quit using 'douchebag'. Children don't know how to insult very well and they do it poorly anyway so it's just as well. Leave those words to people who know how and when to use them instead of randomly sprinkling them around like glitter at a rave.

SFJoe

Five words or phrases to short on the slang stock exchange

Catbirdseat — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:10:09 PDT

I'm going to start wearing brass knuckles and punching people in the face every time they say the word 'webinar.'

Catbirdseat

Five words or phrases to short on the slang stock exchange

BartKela — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:54:14 PDT

Anything to do with lolcat/lolspeak. It's sooooo f--king 2007.

BartKela

Five words or phrases to short on the slang stock exchange

RichardHead — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:14:56 PDT

Hold D-bag
Short *-tard

RichardHead