Poutrage is a new term for “acting outraged when you’re really not. It’s sort of like accismus, “the pretended refusal of something actually very much desired.” This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Poutrage”
Martha, I’m still collecting words of the year.
Yes.
I’ve got a few here for you.
Tell me what you think of this.
These aren’t very fun, but, you know, the Great Recession, which was on last year’s list, has generated some more language.
Double dip, you’ve heard this?
Sure, sure.
Double dip recession.
Right, not just ice cream anymore.
No, it’s not.
And it’s not when you’re taking two salaries, either.
It’s when you’ve got the first U dip in the economy, whenever all the numbers seem down, and it kind of picks up a little bit, and you think it’s going to be okay, and then it does another dip, right?
Unexpected turn on the roller coaster, and out comes lunch.
Another term that goes along with that is quantitative easing.
Quantitative easing.
It’s all over the media.
You probably heard it on NPR, top of the hour, right?
Quantitative easing.
Basically, this is where the government buys its own bonds in order to put more cash into the economy.
Oh, that doesn’t sound right.
Well, economists know, right?
Surely they know what they’re doing.
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