A listener in Hong Kong reports a funny misunderstanding: My niece is convinced that Abraham Lincoln’s name is actually Abraham LinkedIn and I will never hear it any other way again. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Abraham...
A cumshaw artist is that clever, resourceful person in a military unit who always seems to manage to procure whatever’s needed. This term apparently derives from similar-sounding words in Mandarin, kan hsieh, or kam-si?, in the language spoken...
The housing shortage in crowded urban areas has led to ever smaller domiciles known as micro-units. Even smaller ones are sometimes called nano units or gnat flats. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Micro-Housing Words” Gnat flat...
Shangkong n.— «Once the global recovery begins, however, New York and London might be vying less with one another than with a new competitor in the form of a partnership between Hong Kong and Shanghai—call it “Shangkong”—a highly consequential...
I kill you later n.— «Using derivatives contracts known as accumulators, the company wanted to minimize its currency exposure resulting from a A$1.6 billion (US$1.07 billion) investment in an iron ore mine in Australia. Three months later, the...
garmento n.— «“The Peninsula is where all the old garmentos stay,” Brooks sniffed. “They like to be close to the factories on the Kowloon side.» —“Bigger does better in Hong Kong” by Bernadette Morra Toronto Star (Canada) Aug. 31, 2007. (source:...