{"id":1933,"date":"2009-03-09T06:20:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-09T12:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2009\/03\/the-recession-dictionary\/"},"modified":"2009-03-09T05:18:08","modified_gmt":"2009-03-09T11:18:08","slug":"the-recession-dictionary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2009\/03\/the-recession-dictionary\/","title":{"rendered":"The Recession Dictionary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This current economy is giving life to a handful of new words tied to the recession according to <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Business\/Economy\/Story?id=7027138&amp;page=2\" target=\"_blank\">this abcnews.com story<\/a>.\u00a0 Some of the words are making it into the online site of the major dictionaries.\u00a0 Thankfully they are not putting the words into the printed version\u2026yet.\u00a0 Does anyone still buy the hard copy?<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few of these new words entering the lexicon:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>decremental:<\/strong> <em>adjective<\/em> The act or process of decreasing or becoming gradually less; the amount lost by gradual diminution or waste.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Great Recession:<\/strong> <em>noun<\/em> The current recession, which began in December 2007.\u00a0 The length and severity of the current recession has led some in the media to dub it the &#8220;Great Recession,&#8221; a term that echoes the Great Depression of the 1930s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>recessionista:<\/strong> <em>noun<\/em> One who remains stylish during times of economic hardship; a woman who updates her wardrobe in a frugal manner.<\/p>\n<p><strong>staycation:<\/strong> <em>noun<\/em> A holiday spent at home, especially due to straitened financial circumstances.<\/p>\n<p><strong>zombie bank:<\/strong> <em>noun<\/em> A bank that has a negative net worth but continues to operate because of depositor&#8217;s insurance or other governmental intervention.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This current economy is giving life to a handful of new words tied to the recession according to this abcnews.com story.\u00a0 Some of the words are making it into the online site of the major dictionaries.\u00a0 Thankfully they are not putting the words into the printed version\u2026yet.\u00a0 Does anyone still buy the hard copy? Here are a few of these new words entering the lexicon: decremental: adjective The act or process of decreasing or becoming gradually less; the amount lost by gradual diminution or waste. Great Recession: noun The current recession, which began in December 2007.\u00a0 The length and severity of the current recession has led some in the media&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2009\/03\/the-recession-dictionary\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14,49],"tags":[1242,248,1241,1240],"class_list":["post-1933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communication","category-economy","tag-economic-buzzwords","tag-recession","tag-recession-buzzwords","tag-recession-language"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-vb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1735,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/09\/psychological-recession\/","url_meta":{"origin":1933,"position":0},"title":"Psychological Recession","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"September 19, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm not one to head into a weekend with a downer of a post, but this article from CNNMoney.com is fascinating.\u00a0 The author is explaining how the US economy is not in a recession.\u00a0 The twists begin early with this stat: After all, most of the CFOs questioned in a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Trends&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Trends","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/trends\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2449,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2010\/10\/a-secondary-effect-of-the-recession\/","url_meta":{"origin":1933,"position":1},"title":"A Secondary Effect Of The Recession","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"October 20, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Most people agree that there will be a demand for workers as soon as we start the recovery process (no, I do not subscribe to the idea that the recession ended in June of 2009).\u00a0 Companies are running in a most efficient manner right now due to the fact that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Generations&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Generations","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/generations\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1678,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/07\/10-most-recession-proof-jobs\/","url_meta":{"origin":1933,"position":2},"title":"10 Most Recession-Proof Jobs","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"July 28, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"This story from Forbes.com provides a survey with a simple, but insightful structure: To compile its list, Jobfox examined its database of about 4,000 job postings from November 2007 through July 2008 to see which professions have the most openings monthly. Ok, so what did they find? Sales representatives top\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Economy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Economy","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/economy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2015,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2009\/05\/do-values-change-in-a-recession\/","url_meta":{"origin":1933,"position":3},"title":"Do Values Change In A Recession?","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"May 6, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"That is a tough question since I think values are primarily hardwired into each of us.\u00a0 We assess this trait in sales candidates \u2013 call them motivations.\u00a0 Each person tends to have two of these motivators that drives their behaviors (some people have 3 primary motivators). 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