squishy adj.— «he problem in valuing a business is that an entrepreneurial company’s key assets often are, to use a nontechnical term, squishy.» —“The Number Cruncher Versus the Vision Guy” by Alison Stein Wellner Inc...
season treason n.— «Her store has already converted to “an absolute Christmas store,” she said. “You’ll get a lot of people complain about how early it is, but they’re still buying.” So should retailers be...
scrip n.— «Scrip Advantage purchases gift cards and certificates, commonly referred to as “Scrip,” at a discount to their face value and sells the gift cards to non-profit organizations.» —“Utix Group & Scrip...
Amexica n.— «Publicidad Amexica, Avenida Balderas 96, Mexico City, has been formed to act as exclusive associate of Export Advertising Agency, Inc. » —“Advertising News” New York Times Oct. 20, 1945. (source: Double...
placeshifting n.— «Sling Media Inc. on Thursday unveiled their Slingbox—a new Personal Video Recorder (PVR) that lets you redirect a live video stream from your cable or satellite TV to a computer anywhere in the house, or, through a...
bracketology n.— «This week bracketologists will find themselves mired in bracket mania as they hope to avoid picking a bracket buster.…Challenger, Gray and Christmas Inc. calculates annually the dollar amount businesses lose to...