MBA Vocabulary

For international students June 6, 2002

Note: This work in process contains all sorts of expressions, from formal to slang, gathered from all kinds of speakers, from Dean Sullivan to students to businesspeople. Most uotes are from real situations here at the !usiness School, and " do not necessaril# endorse the views of the speaker. Thanks to Mike $llen, M!$ %&', and (rnesto )echler, M!$ *&&, for reviewing, organi+ing, and editing this version, and to Mike for some of the entries. Please e-mail comments, corrections, and ideas to phraseman,unc.edu. Thanks to the -niversit# of North .arolina at .hapel /ill and the 0enan12lagler !usiness School for making this list possible. 3 4atrick )glesb# '55617&&7. 2ree distribution among -N. students and staff is authori+ed.

110 ercent - 8Noun9 !etter than #our best. To give more than '&&: of #ourself. ;/e gives ''&
percent.; 11 /e is committed to this pro<ect= he does more than what is re uired.

20-20 - 8Noun9 $ particular television news maga+ine or nonfiction show that can be seen on a network
one night a week. ;" was watching 7&17& last night and " heard that short term memor# loss is a problem for bab# boomers >people born <ust after world war ""?.; 8Adjective9 The abilit# to see from 7& feet what a normal person can see from 7& feet, i.e., normal vision. ;@ith glasses, m# 7&1A& vision is corrected to 7&17&.;

2!"# - )perating around the clock, without closing, 7A hours a da# and 6 da#s a week. ;@e maintain a
7AB6 presence in that area.; ;"*m available 7AB6 for an#thing #ou might need.;

!.0 - 4erfect grades 8$ is the best grade= $ C A, ! C D, . C 7, etc.9 4ronounced *2our point oh* or E2our
oh.% ;"f #ou went to an inner cit# high school and got a A.& F4$, #ou*d probabl# get downgraded to a 7.G b# emplo#ers who discount #our record because the# don%t think #our school is good.;

$01%c&%'& or(ani)ation - 8Noun9 $ charit#, pa#ments to which reduce taxable income. ;4art of the
price goes to a G&'8c98D9, so the bu#er can deduct that part.;

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Access - 8Herb9 To obtain. To gain entrance to. ;@e >an art compan#? look at people in their late 7&*s.
The# know it*s time to take the posters off the wall. The#*d like to bu# art, but the# don*t know how to access it. The# don*t want to go to the /olida# "nn b# the $irport and bu# sofa si+e art on Sunda# afternoon.I (xplanation: 8'9 .ollege students and recent college grads usuall# don*t own art 11 the# put cheap posters on their walls. 879 Traveling vendors offer cheap, big paintings at ;flea markets; at spots like /olida# "nns. These paintings will not gain value over the #ears. The speaker%s 11 Mr. /ale*s 11 compan# sponsors wa#s for #oung people to bu# real art, which is original and which might be appreciated b# local artists.

Add-on - 8Noun9 Something that%s not essential. ;@orking with students is not an add1on. "t*s not on
the peripher# for us 8working with students is essential for us9.; Dean Sullivan

A**irmati+e action - 8Noun9 4olic# of choosing people for <obs or schools on the basis of race or gender. ;There is a backlash against affirmative action and uotas in the -S 8some people are rebelling against the concept of racial uotas9.; A*rican-Americans - 84roper noun9 $ politicall# correct term referring to people who are descendants
of $fricans. Joland @est, an $frican1$merican speaker, used the term as e uivalent to !lack people. Man# people accept either term, but in formal writing it is more common to use *$frican $merican.* ;The whole beach was populated b# $frican1$mericans.;

A,-,a - 8"nter<ection9 Slang expression showing a mix of surprise and happiness. KThe ah1haI can be a
fact 8or anal#tical step9 that causes the student to sa# ;$h1haL Now " understand.; ;The capacit# need is the ah1ha of the caseI: discovering that capacit# is needed is what the student should learn.

Aidin( and Abettin( - KTo assist in the performance of a crime either before or during 8but not after9
its commission. $iding usuall# refers to material assistance 8e.g. providing the tools for the crime9, and abetting to lesser assistance 8e.g. acting as a look1out or driving a car to the scene of the crime9. $iders and abettors are liable to be tried as accessories. Mere presence at the scene of a crime is not regarded as aiding and abetting. "t is unnecessar# to have a criminal motive to be guilt# of aiding and abetting: knowledge that one is assisting the criminal is sufficient.I http:BBwww.xrefer.comBentr#BAMA765 8verbatim uote9: 2ederal investigators allege Merrill N#nch ultimatel# agreed to invest in the electricit#1generating barges ;in spite of some internal dissension, including a document expressing concern that it would be viewed as *aiding and abetting* (nron*s fraudulent manipulation of its income statement.; http:BBwww.marketwatch.comBnewsB#hooBstor#.aspOguidC:6!(&PDP7.(1A5D(1AG(A1P&MA1 &.G6((&$&&62:6DQsiteidCm##ahooQdistCm##ahoo

Airtime - 8Slang with a negative connotation9 Speaking in class onl# so the professor will notice #ou.
4ronounced as two words: air time. ;Students compete for airtime because the# believe speaking more in class will improve their class participation grade. $sk #ourself, Eis this a stor# that " want to use m# airtime in class to tellO%I 8Man# students speak in class to help their grade without having an#thing worth sa#ing. Do #ou reall# want to spend #our precious class time speaking about something irrelevant and looking bad in front of the professor and the class <ust to have some class participationO9 The term originates from the broadcast media industr#.

A-A - 8$cron#m9 $lso known as. ;Slovakia 1 $0$ Slovak Jepublic 1 is in (astern (urope.; ;/e is
known as Jomeo, $0$ the lad# killer 8/is nickname is Jomeo, after a Shakespearean lover, because he is good at meeting women9.;

Al ,abet .ou 1 Narge number of 2ederal agencies, usuall# identified b# their initials, or acron#ms.
.ampbell%s makes a food product called alphabet soup, which contains pasta in the shape of letters, and appeals especiall# to children. K>@?hat foreigners env# us most for is precisel# the cit# Mr. !ush loves to bash: @ashington. That is, the# env# us for our al ,abet sou of regulator# agencies: the S.(... >Securities and (xchange .ommission?, the 2ederal Jeserve, the 2.$.$. >2ederal $viation $dministration?, the 2.D.$ >2ood and Drug $dministration?., the 2.!."., the (.4.$., the ".J.S., the ".N.S. Do #ou know what a luxur# it is to be able to start a business or get a license without having to pa# off some officialOI Thomas 2riedman of the NR Times, uoted in http:BBfiachra.soc.ari+ona.eduBblogBarchivesB&&&&G'.html. " remember an article

recentl#, though, that claimed that the -S$ was something like the 'M th least corrupt countr#, so 2riedman ma# be most accurate in contrasting the -S$ with certain developing countries. $ good acron#m finder is http:BBwww.acron#mfinder.com. "f #ou go there and t#pe in, for instance, 02!S, #ou find the correct meaning 11 but without a direct link to our web presence .

Alumni % lural& Alumnus %sin(ular masculine& Alumna %sin(ular *eminine& - 8Noun9 Freek term meaning former students. "t can also, b# extension, be used
to refer to former participants in a program that is not a school. ;$fter 5 #ears we have the alumni coming back to tell the new scholars about their experience;.

Anal %Anal retenti+e& - 8Slang ad<ective with a negative connotation9 )verl# cautious, meticulous, or
overl# controlling. This term is from 2reudian ps#cholog#. "n its proper usage people can be referred to as ;anal retentive.; This ps#choanal#tical term has become commonl# accepted in ever#da# verbal usage, but it is not proper for formal written business (nglish. "n a conversation #ou might hear, ;"f #ou want to wash #our hands after shaking hands with ever#one, >because #ou believe their germs ma# make #ou sick? then #ou are a little too anal.I The possibilit# of getting sick from shaking hands with someone seems unlikel#. Therefore, to insist on washing #our hands <ust because #ou shook someone*s hand is excessive.

Analysis aralysis - 8Noun phrase with negative connotation9 "nabilit# to make a decision because a
person is ;lost; in the data due to excessive thinking. )ften implies that a person is wasting his or her time b# doing useless anal#sis or that the person is afraid to make a decision. ;Taking the standard deviation of the page numbers to see if it helps us get an answer is an example of anal#sis paral#sis.;

Anne Fran/ - 84roper Noun9 $ Sewish girl who perished in the Na+i /olocaust 8persecution and killing
of Sews9 in /olland, but whose diaries are famous. ;(xploris Museum in Jaleigh will have an exhibit about $nne 2rank.;

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ortunity - 8Noun9 (uphemism for *concern* or *problem.* ;@e*ve done surve#s to identif# areas of opportunit# in student life.; $reas of opportunit#, opportunities for improvement, or room for improvement are all phrases that are used to indicate that something should be better. "n (nglish, it is common to attempt to be overl# polite b# ;softl#; wording negative information.
#our visa will be invalid.; 8Rour visa will expire at the end of Sune D&, '555.9 *$s of*, *beginning with*, and *starting from* are s#non#ms.

As o* - 84repositional phrase9 !eginning with 8this point in time9 and continuing, ;$s of Sul# ', '555,

Asbestos - 8Noun9 !uilding material used in the '5&&s that has been proven to be medicall# harmful. 4ropert# owners in the -S$ have spent huge sums of mone# to eliminate asbestos from their buildings. ;$fter we left .arroll /all, it took seven months to get the asbestos out. @e must have been breathing that stuff for #ears.; At ris/ yout, - 8Noun phrase from sociolog#9 .hildren who are in danger of not obtaining a basic
education. ;@e give our emplo#ees time off from work so the# can tutor at risk #outh;

Attaboy - -suall#, it%s a compliment given to a subordinate or child. "f a #oung baseball pla#er makes a
good catch or hits a home run, Kattabo#I is uick praise. "n a Dilbert comic strip, visible at Thttp:BBwww.dilbert.comBU, under ;.omic $rchive; for '7B76B&7, a boss tells a worker the worker can%t have a raise= the boss continues K$ll " can offer is an attabo#. The problem is: " don%t want to cheapen the whole attabo# s#stem.I "n the Dilbert sample, Kattabo#I is used as a noun and an ad<ective to describe the -S custom of offering praise to a subordinate, perhaps instead of a more tangible reward. The boss in the sample sa#s he worries that if his praise comes too fre uentl#, it will become meaningless 8thus Kcheapening the s#stemI9. " think Kattabo#I comes from KThat%s a bo#,I a shortened form of KThat%s a good bo#.I "t%s used in directl# addressing someone: in the second person rather than the third. $s a compliment, "%d be careful of using this. 2irst, sa#ing Kattabo#I to someone can sound condescending, and can indicate a superior talking to a subordinate. " would tend not to sa# it to a member of m# stud# group, Second, the word Kbo#I in the South could be the sub<ect of a book, but "%ll write this for now: in the earl# '56&s, " taught in an all1!lack 8students9 <unior high in the Durham .it# Schools, which were still largel# segregated. @e teachers, whatever our color, never called an# student Kbo#,I not even '71#ear old seventh grade males, because of the practice that some white people had of calling even elderl# !lack men Kbo#,I which seemed condescending. So we said K#oung men,I which suited me fine, and "%ve developed the habit of looking for words other than Kbo#.I ;Food going; or ;@a# to go; are phrases " like better as compliments. ;There #ou go; can work too, but it can also mean ;Rour thinking is productive: #ou are on the right track in #our anal#sis or views.;

At t,is oint - Now. ;"%m going to turn the stage over to 4rofessor Dean at this point.; A0M - 8Noun 1 acron#m9 $utomatic teller machines 8$TM9 are the banking industr#*s cash machines
located all over the world. ;@e were initiall# viewed b# nonprofits as <ust an $TM= people came along and we would give them mone#.;

Attac/ t,e roblem - 8Herb phrase9 $ttempt to solve a problem or work to solve a problem. ;The
financial data might be totall# useless in helping #ou decide where the problem lies and how to attack it 8what approach to use to solve the problem9.; ;Sometimes #ou have to <ust attack the problem 8take action to solve a problem even though there is not enough information to make the solution obvious9.;

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Bac/ and *ort, - 8Noun phrase9 "nformal discussion in class where speakers disagree and debate.
;There%ll be a back and forth.; 8$dverb9 Something that is being done or discussed iterativel#. ;Management is going back and forth on its decision to enter the new market.;

Bac/bone: will= determination= courage Bac/ u to %Bac/ into& - 8$dverbial phrase9 To arrive in reverse. .ommonl# used term in M!$ for
figuring out what information #ou need to solve a problem b# anal#+ing what information #ou do have in an effort to determine what information is missing. )ften, it is this missing information 1 the information not explicitl# given 1 that is need to ;crack; the case. ;!# asking #ourself the right uestions #ou can often back up to the numbers #ou need to get the final answer.; More precisel#, Kback up toI or Kback intoI can mean to begin with a conclusion and reason back to find underl#ing data or premises.

Bac/las, - 8Noun with negative connotation9 Jeaction. "mplies conflict. ;There is a backlash against
affirmative action and uotas 8a group of people are reacting negativel# to race based policies.9;

Ba tist - 84roper noun9 $ denomination within the 4rotestant faith. .hristianit# is divided into two groups: 4rotestants and .atholics. !aptists are traditionall# one of the most conservative 4rotestant denominations. !aptists sometimes forbid drinking alcohol and dancing. ;Rou*re not going to take a bottle of wine to someone*s house if the# are !aptist.; This uote comes from a guest speaker on -.S. culture. Bait and .1itc, - Fain someone%s attention with something acceptable 8the bait9, then withdraw the
bait and switch to something different that the audience would not have been interested in. "n our class, >Sennifer !rooks? urged us not to use a Kbait and switchI techni ue in our networking strateg# 8e.g. don%t re uest a meeting with someone to Klearn more about their positionI and then, at the meeting, hand them #our resume and ask if the# have an# positions available9. She explained that the context of the meeting should be consistent with what we re uested in our communications. >Thanks to Seth Nore E&A for this message.?(xplanation of the commercial context 8verbatim from a !etter !usiness !ureau in Southern .alifornia9: -nscrupulous merchants often advertise fabulous but fake bargains <ust to get #ou to come into their store so the# can sell #ou something more expensive. This scheme is commonl# referred to as ;bait and switch.; "t*s simple enough: the# advertise some item at a price low enough to lure #ou into the store. !ut here*s the rub: the advertised item is not for sale. The salespeople ma# give #ou an# number of reasons wh# #ou can*t or shouldn*t bu# it . . . ;there aren*t an# left. . .; ; man# customers who bought it are dissatisfied . . .; ;the product <ust isn*t an# good . . .; ;#ou can*t get deliver# for six months . . .; The truth is that these salespeople never had an# intention of selling the advertised special. The# kill #our desire to bu# it and instead tr# to get #ou to bu# the item the# had in mind from the beginning. ;!ait and switch; is an unfair practice and is against the law. $lthough #ou can*t alwa#s spot bait ads in advance or know that the switch is going to follow, there are a few steps #ou can take to avoid the trap. 2irst, reali+e that a good salesperson ma# tr# to persuade #ou to bu# a better ualit# item or a different brand with more features at a higher price. There is nothing illegal or unethical about this. The important thing is that #ou are given a choice without undue pressure. 0eep in mind, though, that if a product or service is advertised at a price that seems too good to be true, this ma# be a bait ad. Then, if the merchant refuses to show #ou the advertised item, to take orders for it or deliver it within a reasonable time, disparages it, or demonstrates a defective sample of it, take this as a sign that #ou*re probabl# being ;switched.; Source: http:BBwww.bbbsouthland.orgBtopic&'M.html

0o be a layer - /ave position and power in a relationship. To ;be a pla#er; in a market is to ;be a
recogni+ed force in the market.; ;@e are in the process of becoming a ver# important world pla#er 8this organi+ation is attempting to become known and important in the global marketplace within its industr#9.;

0o be about - To have as a goal. Doing something or having something as a goal can define an
organi+ation. ;Talking about interdisciplinar# work: we are about doing that toda#;, stated Dean Sullivan. To be about something is an attempt at defining #ourself according to #our actions.

0o be in+ol+ed - 4hrase that denotes a relationship. "n formal communication #ou are involved with
ever#one or ever#thing with which #ou have fre uent contact. ;The student bod# president is heavil# involved in the school*s affairs 8indicates that the president spends much time and energ# helping the school.9; Ness formall#, *to be involved* can indicate a romantic relationship among peers. ;"t is an open secret that Mike and Sue are involved.;

Beatin( a dead ,orse - 84hrase9 repeating a discussion needlessl#. To do something too repetitiousl#.
;@e%ve alread# decided that issue. Don%t talk about it an# more: #ou%re beating a dead horse.;

Belayer - 8Noun9 4erson who holds #our rope while #ou*re on a rock wall climbing. ;@e need bela#ers.
@e can train #ou this afternoon.;

Bells and 1,istles - 8Noun phrase9 (xtra things or ideas that are not included in a basic model or
version. ;"t has all the bells and whistles on it.; This phrase is often used for cars or computers.

Benc,mar/ - 8Herb9 $ standard or a comparable performance to shoot for= usuall# the measurable
results of a successful competitor. ;@e benchmark with our top D competitors.; ;)r we benchmark ;against; competitors.; 8Noun9 Same meaning as verb. ;@e are competing against industr# benchmarks.;

Beyond - Nater. ;Rou can use this information in the M!$ program and be#ondI: This information
will be useful during and after #ou have completed the M!$ program. )rdinaril#, Kbe#ondI shows place, but here, it%s an adverb of time.

0,e Bible Belt - an area extending from the Southeastern -S$ into the southern Midwest, "%d sa#=
people%s definitions var#. 4rotestant .hristianit# dominates in this area. To oversimplif#, 4rotestantism emphasi+es the !ible more than .atholicism does, which emphasi+es the sacraments, such as the bread and wine of the (ucharist or Nord%s Supper more than 4rotestantism does. The buc/le on t,e Bible Belt now means the center or heart, or where 4rotestant .hristianit# is most strong. Mrs. Dole claims the title for North .arolina, but a uick google search shows a host of other places claim the title, too, including: Nashville, Tennessee, Freenville, S., Freenbrier, $rkansas, Springfield, Missouri, Texas, and "ndiana. The phrase was used mockingl# in the pla# and movie Inherit the Wind, a courtroom drama about the Scopes trial, where a Tennessee teacher was prosecuted in '57G for teaching the doctrine of evolution rather than the !ible%s creation stor#. http:BBwww.firstthings.comBftissuesBft56&7BarticlesBiannone.html. @hether that was its first use, " don%t know. 2t,er 3Belts45 The Sunbelt extends from Hirginia through Texas into .alifornia. The Just !elt describes States that depended on manufacturing that has disappeared. The Just !elt centers on States bordering the Freat Nakes, especiall# to the east.

Blac/ ,ole - 8Noun9 $ ph#sics phenomenon that consumes ever#thing, even light. .asuall# refers to *a
waste of time* or *mass consumption.* ;The web can be a black hole of time 8use so much time that time is wasted9.; )r, ;this pro<ect is a black hole 8it is consuming all of our resources.9;

Blan/et deal - Situation where ever#thing is either totall# )0 or totall# wrong. ;.ultural awareness is
not a blanket deal 8e.g., experience in /ong 0ong does not signif# #ou understand culture in $frica.9;

Blood act - 8Noun9 Solemn promise, literall# a promise marked b# cutting the skin to shed and mix
blood. The concept is to make each other a ;blood brother; with the assumption that one would never betra# a brother. ;@ould #ou all make a blood pact to love feedbackO; 11 Ferr# !ell. Toda#, blood pacts are figurative terms indicating a strong promise.

Bloody - 8Slang9 !ad, difficult, mess#. ;!eing called on when #ou are unprepared can be blood# 8#ou
look bad when the professor calls on #ou in class and #ou do not know the answer.9; ;This one is going to be blood# 8this one is going to be difficult9.; !ritish slang uses blood# in a different manner. The !ritish use *blood#* to emphasis something, ;#ou better blood# well do it 8#ou need to do this now9L; The !ritish use ma# be considered offensive.

Blo1 o** - 8Slang9 Disregard. ;Rou can blow this reading off because #ou%ll be up to speed 8#ou do not
need to read this paper because #ou will alread# know it9.I 11 Rou can disregard it because #ou alread# know it or don%t need it. ;Do not blow me off 8do not ignore me9.;

Blurt out - 8Herb with negative connotation9 To speak without thinking. ;" heard her blurt out, KNo one
is sitting with me,I and " thought, K"t*s probabl# #our attitude.;

Bombarded - To have more to do than is possible. To receive man# re uests for something be#ond
what is possible 8;swamped; has a similar meaning9. ;@e*re being bombarded b# pro<ects and events for the new centur#.;

Bondin( e6 erience - 8Noun phrase9 $n experience that builds the bonds of friendship. )ften, but not
alwa#s implies a difficult or traumatic experience that was not pleasant. ;@e thought this communit# service da# was a better bonding experience than a ropes course.; ;The first #ear of M!$ is a bonding experience 8#ou feel a kinship with the other students from #our first #ear of M!$9.; ;"t is said that fighting in a war together is a bonding experience.;

Boot cam - 8Noun9 The training period at the beginning of militar# service where soldiers learn the
basics. !oot camp has the reputation for being ph#sicall# and mentall# exhausting and the soldiers are allowed +ero individualit#. ;"t looks like we were in boot camp on communit# work da#, when each student gets a T1shirt of the same color.;

Borders are narro1 - 84hrase9 .ountries are interconnected V the world is small. ;@hen we help in a
world in which borders are ver# narrow, we help ourselves as well.;

Bottom line - 8Noun9 The most important number or fact. The point to remember. ;The bottom line is
Ecalculations serve the anal#sis.%; ;M# bottom line is that " like blue cars better.; The term comes from financial statements. The last line of the income statement that shows profit or loss is the bottom line.

Bouncin( o** t,e 1alls - 8Slang9 Term that means fighting among themselves or overl# excited.
$lmost alwa#s implies strongl# expressing emotions during a meeting. ;The managers are so excited that the sales numbers are so high that the# are bouncing off the walls.; ;The board members are at each others throats in the meeting. The# are bouncing off the walls.;

Bound and determined - 8$d<ective phrase9 totall# motivated. ;" told a student how impressed " was
that she made it up the climbing wall at the M!$ 2amil# 4icnic. She tried and tried and finall# made it. " said to her that " saw how bound and determined she was to do that.;

Bo)o - 84roper noun used as slang9 -seless, ridiculous, or sill#. 8This comes from the name of a famous
clown, !o+o9. ;"nstead of !o+o problems we*ll do some applications as if mone# were at stake.; ;"f " think the uestion is !o+o, " won*t grade it. " have the option of disregarding a uestion. "f " think a uestion was a damn disaster, " won*t grade it.;

Brainstormin( - 8Noun9 Method of generating as man# ideas as possible. .an be done as a group
discussion or done b# #ourself. This is not the time to choose a winning idea, shoot down an idea, or sell others on #our ideas. ;Don*t list the negatives: we*re still in the brainstorming stage.; K!rainstormI can also be a verb.

Bra+e soul - 8Noun9 Someone who is brave or willing to take a risk. -suall#, implies a volunteer. ;"*d
like some brave soul to answer the following uestion in class.;

Bread and butter - $ core source of revenue. Term originates from the da#s when bread and butter
were primar# food staples for the -S population. ;$TQT sells some wireless telephone services, but long distance services are still its bread and butter.; The term is often used in newspapers, but it is not used in formal business writing.

Brea/ into - 8Herb9 Split up into. Divide into. ;@hen we got there, we broke into three groups.;
4eople can also Kbreak up intoI groups. Note another meaning: a robber breaks into banks 8he robs them9.

Brits - 8Noun9 ;"n '65G we weren*t sure the !rits weren*t going to come back, and indeed in 'P'7 the#
did >in the war of 'P'7?.; The term !rit can be used without insult with friends or it can be considered impolite if #ou use it with a stranger.

Broad - 8Noun 1 Slang, usuall# derogator#9 V woman. ;She got angr# when " called her a broad.; Bubble - 8Slang 1 noun9 $rtificial world. -nrealistic expectations. ;Man# $mericans live in a bubble.
The# never leave the -S. The# sta# in suburbia and never think about the world be#ond the -S. The# are incapable of seeing the world from a foreigner*s perspective.; ;She is spoiled. She grew up in a bubble.;

Buc/ - 8Noun9 -S Dollar. *The biggest bang for the buck* is getting the best deal for #our mone#. ;@e
want to get more bang for the buck, so we ask people to criti ue us and also to tell us their plans so we can improve our efforts.;

Build u - 8Herb9 To develop. ;There%s no conflict between intellectual rigor and building people up.;
8Noun9 Development, creation ;The nuclear build up of the cold war threatened to destro# the world.;

Buildin( cranes - 8Noun9 .onstruction machine. Tall, thin structures that lift materials at construction
sites. ;/alf of the building cranes in the world toda# are in .hina.; This uote comes from the late '55&s.

Business an(le - 8Noun9 4rofit motivation. ;There is a business angle here.; ;The business angle in
diversit# hiring is that we will not succeed globall# if we do not expand the depth of experiences that are within our management team.;

Bust your buns %bust your ass& - 8Hulgar9 To work ver# hard. To make an extreme effort. Niterall#,
break #our buttocks 8rear end9. ;!ust #our buns to exercise now before #ou finish the M!$ program.; ;Rou had better bust #our buns 8bust #our ass9 to understand this material before the exam. Rour F4$ is a little low and #ou cannot afford to fail.;

But still . . . - -nstated factors outweigh an#thing stated before. ;M# daughter*s bo#friend is a nice gu#,
but still . . . ; WNike an# parent of a '61#ear old daughter, the speaker, a professor, is comfortable when his daughter does not spend too much time with her bo#friend. !# using the expression ;but still . . ..; /e lets the listener know that this point is so obvious that he need not explain it.

Buy and .cuttle - $c uire 8an asset9 with plans to abandon it. K$sked whether Nearfield is embarking
on a buy-and-scuttle strateg# in order to grease the wheels in contract negotiations with -N., Norwood Teague, -N.*s associate athletics director, sa#s, ;" know it probabl# looks like that, but we have not had an#thing to do with it.; http:BBtriangle.bi+<ournals.comBtriangleBstoriesB7&&7B&MB'6Bstor#M.html Buy and .cuttle is a verb phrase= when it pla#s the role of an ad<ective, as in the sample, it needs h#phens.

Buy-in - 8Noun9 $greement. ;Rou get their bu#1in b# letting people to come to consensus and then #ou
take action.; ;!u#1in from all stakeholders is critical.;

By one7s sel* - $lone. ;$re #ou b# #ourself on this one, @ilhelmina 8$re #ou alone on this one,
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8all - 8Noun9 decision. ;@ho makes the call on pricesO; K"t%s #our call.I 8all into lay - !ring into pla#= force the inclusion of. ;Fet in #our mind the kinds of things that call into pla# the student honor code s#stem.; ;The new regulation calls into pla# all sorts of new industr# forces.; 8an o* 1orms - 8Slang9 Similar to 4andora*s box from Freek m#th, a can of worms signifies a problem
that cannot be solved easil# or perhaps cannot be solved at all so it ma# be best to not attempt to solve this problem. ;Net*s not open that can of worms; 11 don*t talk about that issue because #ou will be better off sta#ing awa# from it, for it will prove ;thorn#; 11 complex or complicated 11 and #ou will gain little from resolving it.

8a ital ro9ect - 4ro<ect with a cost that*s capitali+ed, not expensed. ;(xploris is a XA7 million capital
pro<ect.;

8areer-e6 andin( e6 erience - 8Noun phrase9 $ smart move for #our future. ;$lienating #our boss
is not a career1expanding experience.;

8areer :imitin( Mo+e %8:M& - 8Noun phrase9 $ bad decision that will negativel# affect #our career.
;Drinking until G $M with the boss*s daughter was a .NM.; This came from Mike $llen, a student. "%d never heard it V 4)

8arolina - 84roper noun9 what most people in North .arolina 8who ma# not recogni+e the name
;0enan12lagler;9 call -N.1./. ;"*m a student at .arolina.;

8as, out - 8Herb9 Sell all one*s interest in a business. To li uidate one*s personal holdings in an
investment 8usuall# for cash.9 ;Mr. 2lagler got bored in the oil business. /e cashed out and moved to 2lorida.;

8atc, - 8Herb9 ac uire something contagious or infectious. ;The second #ear students who are
volunteering this week instead of going to the beach . . . the# caught the .arolina spirit.; ;The children caught a cold while at school.; 8Noun9 .ondition or problem. ;There is a catch. !efore #ou can accept the offer #ou must sign over #our soul to the compan#.;

8atc, you later - 8Herb9 See #ou later V goodb#e. ;"*ve got to go to class. "%ll catch #ou later.; 8a+eat - 8Noun9 .larification. ;2ranklin Street is prett# safe, with one caveat: get off the street b#
midnight.; 8Herb9 restrict: ;2ranklin Street is safe. No, let me caveat that statement: the parking lot across from /ardee%s ma# be a little trick#.;

8,ainsa1 Al - 8Noun 1 nickname9 $l Dunlap, former .() of Sunbeam and other companies, who has
the reputation of becoming .() of troubled companies and then cutting lots of <obs. The cutting is so severe that it*s as if he has not a knife but a chainsaw. /is latest .() assignment ended badl#, to the delight of his critics.

8,airman o* t,e 0rustees - 8Noun9 /ead of a board, appointed b# the State of North .arolina, which
is responsible for and in charge of -N.. ;The chairman of the trustees is a powerful man.;

8,allen(ed - 8$d<ective9 /andicapped >in politicall# correct <argon?. ;2rank 0enan was a little short
dude 11 or in modern terms, *attitudinall# challenged.*; This uote comes from 4rofessor Jollie Tillman. The word challenged can be used positivel# or negativel#. 84ositive, 4oliticall# .orrect9 ;The mentall# challenged 8i.e., the retarded9 cannot be held responsible for this actions.; 84ositive, verb9 ;" was challenged 8i.e., found it difficult9 b# the assignment.; 8Negative, slang9 ;Do not worr# about !ob. /e can be a little challenged 8stupid9 sometimes.;

8,arter - 8Noun9 .ontract or mission or <ob. ;M# charter is executive development.; 8,ea s,ot - 8Slang 1 noun9 "nsult or low blows or unfair attack. ;Man# believed that the Jepublican*s
attacks on !ill .linton*s personal life were cheap shots at his character. )thers believed that these *attacks* were well deserved.; ;$sking her how her x1bo#friend is doing was a cheap shot.;

8,eat s,eet - 8Noun9 $ piece of paper #ou take into an exam with answers or formulas on it. ;Some
professors allow students to take a cheat sheet into the exam.;

8,ec/ - The word check can have man# meanings. 8Herb9 To hand over: ;Don%t check common sense
at the door, use common sense in the class discussion 8as when #ou leave #our winter coat in a checkroom at the entrance to a restaurant9;. 8verb9 Make a specific mark on a paper: ;check #our

answer on the paper.; 8Herb9 To verif# something: ;check it out 8take a closer look9.; ;Rou had better double check #our numbers 8" think #ou are wrong9.;

8,ec/ out - 8Herb9 To leave a hotel room and to pa# for the room. ;The hotel has a D 4M check out
polic#.; 8Herb9 to borrow something ;" checked it out from the librar#.;

8,ec/ t,e bo6 - Multiple1choice situation like the FM$T, where #ou choose the best answer. ;Nife is
not like a check the box test, it*s like a series of in1depth interviews.;

8,ec/-in - The act of signing into a hotel or signing into an event: ;.heck1in is at 5 $M.; .an also be
used to indicate a brief conversational assessment: ;"t*s a 5&1second check1in about this topic with the people sitting near #ou.;

8,eesy - 8Slang9 @eak, pathetic, lacking class or substance. ;" gave a chees# answer 8" wasn*t thorough
enough9.; ;4eople who wear red plastic cowbo# hats are chees# 8have no taste in st#le9.;

8,ic/en in e+ery ot - Something for ever#one= minimum 8economic9 standards for ever#one= even
the least fortunate. ;M# proposal ends up with a chicken in ever# pot.;

8,in/ - @eakness. ;" see a weakness or a chink in the armor of people who don*t have M!$*s.; 8,i on one7s s,oulder - 8Slang9 Description of someone with an attitude problem. ;Tom had a chip
on his shoulder 8Tom had a bad attitude9.; This expression provides a visual image of someone who places a small wood chip on their shoulder and dares someone else to knock the chip off his shoulder to give him an excuse to start a fight with the other person.

8,ummy - 8Slang with a negative connotation9 2riendl#. ;4eople who hold on to a handshake too long
are getting a little chumm#; ;Don*t get too chumm# with them.;

8i+ic leader - 8Noun9 4erson who is active in not1for1profit or political life. ;@e would be remiss if we
didn*t let #ou know that being a business leader involves being a civic leader.;

8losure - 8Noun9 .onclusion or an ending. "mplies reaching a satisfactor# result. ;"f the class didn%t
reach closure for #ou, ask for more help from the facult# during office hours.; 2or example, closure would consist of the following kind of feeling on the student%s part at the end of a class: ;/ere is what the problem was, here is an approach to the problem, and here are alternatives for dealing with it.;

8lueless - 8Slang9 Totall# ignorant 8the term ;clueless; ma# be insulting9 ;Don*t sa# clueless,% sa#
*beginning level of awareness.*; ;Don*t be clueless 8think a little harder9.;

8o,ort - 8Noun9 Froup with the same age or the same time of entr#. ;@e have lost D kids in the first
four cohorts.;

8old be+era(es - 8Slang9 Niterall#, means an# chilled beverage, but normall# implies beer. ;/e and his
friends had a few too man# cold beverages to drink 8the# drank too much alcohol9.;

8old call - 8Herb9 when a professor unexpectedl# re uests an answer from a student in class. Surprising
and probabl# unwanted designation of a student to answer a uestion or to speak. KSometimes professors choose international students for cold calls.I

8olin Po1ell - 84roper Noun9 2ormerl# the top Feneral in the -S militar#. Now, a leader of volunteer
efforts, he was mentioned as a candidate for 4resident. ;Rou ma# have heard of Feneral .olin 4owell*s initiative.;

8ome to - 8Herb9 @ake up after fainting. ;$fter coming to, the student rushed to school 8after waking
up, the student rushed to school9.;

8ome u 1it, - 8Herb9 create, invent= produce, especiall# in dealing with a problem or challenge > come
up with a solution?. ;@e came up with the Durham scholars program.; ;/e came up with ama+ing stories.;

8om*ort le+el - 8Noun9 Degree to which one feels at ease. ;4eople have different comfort levels when
we talk about issues relating to diversit#.;

8om*ort )one - 8Noun9 $n area or situation that is known or comfortable to a person 8does not feel
threatened9. ;Rou need to step out of #our comfort +one.; ;/is personalit# invades other people*s comfort +ones.;

8onstructi+e criticism - 8Noun9 $ suggestion that can help #ou improve criticism often takes a
negative form, but it*s constructive rather than destructive if the criticism concerns something #ou can change. $n example of constructive criticism would be ;#ou need to stop being late. ;$ subtler example would be ;" wonder if our meeting times are too earl#.; $n example of destructive criticism would be ;#ou*re too short.; ;@hen someone offers constructive criticism, sa# *thank #ou.*;

8on+entional 1isdom - @hat most people thinkO ;.onventional wisdom sa#s #ou*ve decided to
endure the rigors of business school for a better <ob.;

8ore and trac/s - ;"nnovation is part of the core and the tracks.; 8The 0enan12lagler curriculum is
largel# made up of the core classes and tracks 8or concentrations9 such as finance, consulting, etc. aimed at career paths.

8ore cor orate +alue - $ core belief or concept that the corporation believes holds e ual weight with
profit seeking. ;Food corporate citi+enship is a core corporate value for us.;

8or orate America - 8Noun9 -.S. big business >this term does not include small business or
entrepreneurs?. ;"n corporate $merica, climbing the ladder of success is a challenge.;

8ount - 8Herb9 To be important, make a difference, even in a no uantifiable wa#. ;"f an emplo#ee
works fift# hours for a nonprofit the# >the emplo#ee? think it counts >and we give the nonprofit XG&&?.;

8ountry /in(s - 8Noun9 Managers responsible for a countr# in a multinational enterprise. ;/e went to
the countr# kings and got agreement, but nothing happened.; >This ma# be <argon that one compan# uses and would not sound right if an outsider used it.?

8o+er ;our Ass %8;A& - 8Slang9 Take actions to make one%s self look good. To put spin on #our past
actions to change present and future perceptions of #our past actions. To hedge. ;"*d better cover m# ass.; >Note: abbreviated as .R$ V cover #our ass. 4lease note that ;ass; is generall# not proper in polite conversation, so abbreviations like .R$ are used instead.?

8ra - 8Noun9 Derogator# statement that means nonsense 8mildl# vulgar and should not be used in
proper settings9. ;Don%t feed me that crap 8don*t bull sYYt me or don%t lie to me9L Tell me the truth.; ;That is a bunch of crap 8that is useless9L;

8ras, and burn - 8Herb phrase9 To tr# and fail. ;Teams with the highest intelligence sometimes crash
and burn.; 1 N#nn Jussell, )rientation '556. ;/e will crash and burn on the first tr# because he is too cock#.;

8ro - 8Noun9 Froup 8the original meaning is an agricultural term for plants that are to be harvested9.
;>@e welcome? a new crop of colleagues.;

8ulture - 8Noun9 Total human situation. ;@hat is the culture here at 0enan12laglerO; 8Noun9 $rt
within societ#. ;Some people sa# the -S has no culture. " disagree.;

8us,y - 8$d<ective9 (as#. ;Some people had the cush# <ob of working in air conditioning.; 8ut it - 8Slang 1 ad<ective9 be useful= work well. ;4olitical correctness will not cut it for this program. "t
will kill us.; >-suall# used in negative expressions such as ;won*t cut it;? ;@earing tennis shoes with business professional clothes <ust doesn*t cut it.;

8ut to t,e c,ase - Skip the unimportant parts of a stor# to get to its conclusion 8from movies, where the
chase scene is often the dramatic ending and where editing film involved literall# cutting it with a sharp instrument9. ;"*ll cut to the chase.;

8ut you slac/ - 8Herb9 To give #ou some time or to bend the rules for someone. To be patient. ;-S
students will cut an international student more slack than the# will for each other 8-.S. students will be more patient with an international student than with other -.S. students9.; ;.ut me some slackL " have had a rough da#.;

8ute tric/s - 8Slang with negative connotation9 "nteresting features or actions such as high1tech gadgets.
"mplies useless or not impressive. ;The 2rank 0enan 2ootball .enter has lots of cute tricks 8bells and whistles9.;

8;A - .over #our ass 8see ;cover #ou ass;9. ;4rotect #ourself. !e careful.;

D
<eal - 8Noun9 another wa# of sa#ing *ok* or *#our offer is accepted.* ;Mr. !arbee offered a lot of land to
the -niversit#. The Trustees said *Deal. Net*s have a drink.* The Trustees then uickl# accepted the donation and moved on to celebration.; 8Noun9 .ontract. $greement. ;"t is a done deal 8the agreement is completed, accepted9.; 8Herb9 To be included in the relationship. ;Rou will have to deal with me 8Rou have to include me. Rou will have to get m# permission.9.; ;Deal me in 8include me9.;

<en( =iao Pin( - 84roper Noun 1 Name9 2ormer leader of .hina. ;Madame Mao had Deng Ziao 4ing
imprisoned during the .ultural Jevolution because she thought he was a capitalist. Deng Ziao 4ing survived her and he was a capitalist.;

<escend u on - 8Herb9 To arrive from above. ;To have talented people descend upon these
communities is not to be taken lightl# >not to be disregarded?.;

<ialo(ue - 8Herb9 11 talk >;dialogue; is ordinaril# a noun?. ;@e*ll have a chance to dialogue with this
group.;

<irty ool - -nfair action >in the game of pool or billiards, ;dirt# pool; means cheating?. ;" won*t give
#ou >crucial? math problems on the test after telling #ou " would and then sa# *<ust kidding.* "f " gave #ou >crucial? math problems on the test and did not give the same examples to other students that would be dirt# pool.; ;4a#ing someone else to do #our work is dirt# pool.; >Note: in this use the word pool means billiards.?

<isconnect - 8Noun9 Mismatch. ;There can be a disconnect between the compensation scheme and
what management wants to reward 8compensation is driving people to behave in a manner that management does not like9.;

<itc, - 8Slang 1 verb9 get rid of, eliminate 8from ;throw into a ditch;9. ;Rou need to ditch the tribal gear
>$frican1influenced clothing? when #ou move to Texas: the# are ver# conservative down there.; >This comment was made b# an insensitive and uns#mpathetic character in a cultural awareness dramati+ation.?

<i+ersity - $ccepting or valuing different kinds of people, t#picall# different in race, culture, gender, or
sexual orientation. ;@e*re going to talk a lot about diversit# this week, even though we*re all wearing identical T1shirts.;

<one - 8Herb9 2inished. ;@e ma# be done, " hope, with the .linton1Newinsk# saga.; ;" am done 8"
finished m# work9.;

<o1nload - 8Herb9 Transfer information ;Take a minute and download 11 tell #our budd# what " <ust
said and what has been going through #our minds.; )riginal meaning was limited to electronic data transfers. Niterall#, downloading is passing information from a network into a computer. Such as downloading a picture from the internet to #our computer.

<ra( on: Nast too long KDrag onI avoids the <udgmental word Ktoo,I but it%s a fine wa# to sa# Ktake too
much time.I K"*m afraid that having let this drag on for nearl# a week has allowed the problem to compound itself.I Statement of a .anadian opposition leader after the 4rime Minister accepted the resignation of the aide who called 4resident !ush a Kmoron.I Thttp:BBstor#.news.#ahoo.comBnewsO tmplCstor#QuCBnmB7&&7''7MBts[nmBcanada[usa[moron[dc[7U

<ra1in( breat, - 8Herb9 !reathing, but is commonl# used to mean alive. ;Man# of m# daughter*s
friends want to be admitted to the undergraduate program here at -N., so the# are all ver# friendl# to me. !ut m# daughter doesn*t want to acknowledge that "*m drawing breath still.;

<rin/in( *rom a *ire ,ose - Tr#ing to drink water from a tightl# focused, fast1moving stream of water is not eas#. ;;"*m getting something like 6G&,&&& observations a da#. $nd so keeping up with that is a little bit like drin/in( *rom a *ire ,ose, and "*m behind on reducing the data.; \uote from an astronomer receiving data from space, http:BBwww.cnn.comBT(./BspaceB55&PB&ABspace.salvageB This phrase ma# sound a little too trend# or cute for some listeners, but the image hasn*t been overdone, and it will sound fresh to man#. Foogle shows about 6&& hits for drinking from a fire hose, versus about 7D&& for overwhelmed with information. " heard this phrase at least a couple of #ears ago, in )rientation, with this uote: ;The first #ear of the M!$ program can be like drinking from a fire house. Too much is happening for #ou to catch it all.; !ut part of the plan is to have students deal with this kind of situation in school so #ou*ll be read# later. Sune 'P, 7&&7 <ude - 8Slang 1 Noun9 Male, probabl# #oung 8ver# informal9. ;2rank /. 0enan was kind of a short dude
who was willing to get out there on the football field.; That uote came from 4rofessor Jollie Tillman. ;DudeL Rou%re getting a Dell.I That%s an advertising slogan in 7&&7.

<un/in( >bobbin(? *or a

les - Tr#ing to get an apple from a large pot with onl# #our mouth while

not using #our hands. ;"f #ou*re short, get closer to the >restaurant? table. Rou don*t want to look like #ou*re dunking for apples.; This is a game that children pla# at parties.

<yin( - 8Herb9 Nosing life. ;Main Street is d#ing 8Downtown businesses in small and middle1si+ed
towns are closing down because the# are losing customers to malls9.; ;/e is d#ing on us 8this man is in the process of d#ing9.;

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@ac, one 1 8Noun9 each person 8used for emphasis9. ;@e%re happ# that each one of #ou is here 8we are glad that each person here is here9.; @asy 1ay out - 8$d<ective9 $n actionBdecision that is not painful, but does not necessaril# solve the
problem or help the situation. ;"ntegrit# means . . . Not taking the eas# wa# out.; Day tripper, b# the !eatles, includes this line ;>"%ve? got a good reason for taking the eas# wa# out.;

@bene)er .croo(e - 84roper noun 1 name9 $ character in .harles Dickens% Christmas Carol stor# that
hated to spend mone#, especiall# for the poor. ;(ven if #our shareholders are directl# descended from (bene+er Scrooge, with a heart like a rock and a head onl# for capital gains >good corporate citi+enship makes sense?.;

@conomically distressed - 4oor. ;The program targets kids in the most economicall# distressed areas
in Durham.;

@ddie Aas/ell - 84roper noun 1 name9 $ character on the old TH show ;Neave "t To !eaver; >" think he was thoughtless and clums#?. ;@hat if #ou spill #our wine on the person next to #ouO (ddie /askell wants to know.; @d(e - %Noun9 $dvantage. ;.oming to this summer session will give #ou an edge that the rest of the students will not have.; @dit, Bun/er - 84roper Noun9 a character on All in the Family a TH show in the 6&s. She was
submissive to her husband and onl# did house work. She was kind, but was a little simple1 minded. ;M# mother was sort of like (dith !unker;

@mbrace - 8Herb9 To welcome. Niterall#, denotes to meaning is hug, but it is usuall# used more as a *to
welcome.* ;Differences are opportunities: we need to embrace them.;

@motional intelli(ence 1 8Noun9 $bilit# to handle situations and ma#be especiall# social situations on
an emotional level. ;Rour "\ >intelligence uotient, a measure of intelligence? is wasted without emotional intelligence.; (\ is also measurable.

@nd u - 8$dverb9 *Jesulting in* or *causing.* ;The new building wasn*t read# in time last #ear so we
ended1up having orientation at the 2rida# .enter 8The new building was not read# #et, resulting in us having orientation at the 2rida# .enter9.; ;" will tell #ou how we ended up on this hill 8" will tell #ou how we can to be on this hill.9;

@nli(,tened sel*-interest - 8Noun phrase9 Something that is good for others, but also benefits #ourself.
;.ommunit# involvement is a form of enlightened self interest.; ;$ corporation donating mone# to improve its local communit# is enlightened self interest.;

@n+iable tas/ - $lmost alwa#s used in a -suall# used ironic manner, therefore, it means the opposite
of enviable such as unenviable or unpleasant task. ;Resterda# we had the enviable task of explaining the basics of finance to folks who are sa#ing *how does that passbook savings account work againO 8This task or dut# was not fun. The passbook savings account is the simplest t#pe of bank account9.*;

@6c,an(e student - 8Noun9 "nternational students that are taking classes in -N. for one semester onl#.
Some -S $mericans refer to students from other countries as ;exchange students,; because man# students come here as part of exchanges that send -S students abroad. ;$re #ou an exchange studentO;

@6ecuti+e ro(ram - 8Noun9 $ program that is designed for working professionals. T#picall#, an
executive program is for high1level managers who keep their <obs and are students part1time at night. ;" am teaching in an executive program this week.; ;The (1M!$ program is an executive program.;

@6tra oints - 8Noun9 The points that a student can earn in addition to the standard points that are
alwa#s part of a score. 2or example, if #ou earn 5&B'&& points 8which is e ual to a /19 and then the professor offers some extra credit and #ou earn 7&B7& extra points. Rour total score will be a

''&B'&&. ;Rou get extra points if #ou go over to the main campus and find the 7&&1#ear old Davie poplar tree.;

@ye contact - 8Noun9 looking at someone when speaking or listening. ;/ere in the -nited States,
maintaining e#e contact is positive. "n other countries, people break e#e contact.; Note from the $merican M!$ student who helped edit this document: ;(#e contact and handshakes are critical in $merican societ#. The first impression made b# these actions can set the tone for the rest of the conversation.;

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Face-to-*ace - 8$d<ective9 "n person. ;Rou need to have sensitive conversations face1to1face, not over
the phone.;

Facilitate - 8Herb9 To lead a discussion where the participants other than the leader do most of the
talking and ma# be more important than the leader. ;" want to cover three topics while facilitating this debriefing session.;

Factor in - 8Herb9 To be a part 8a factor9 in. !e part of the e uation. ;/ow does religion factor into the
this situationO;

Fair (ame - $cceptable= possible to be included. ; .hapters A and G are fair game for the exam
8chapters A and G ma# be included in the exam9.;

Fall *or somet,in( - 8Herb9 To be fooled. ;" was tr#ing to trick #ou and #ou fell for it.; ;Do #ou think
she will fall for our trick.;

Fall o** a cli** - 8Herb9 To drop drasticall#. ;The market for gunpowder fell off a cliff when the civil
war ended.; ;The tech market fell off the cliff last spring.

Fast *or1ard - 8Herb9 skip parts of a stor# that aren*t essential. ;The# decided to build a museum in
Spain. 2ast forward to toda#, and attendance exceeds expectations.;

Fast trac/ - 8Noun9 accelerated career track or accelerated approval process. ;Rou*ve <ust gone on the
fast track.; ;This management training program is designed for those new hires that are on the fast track to become our next generation of leaders.; 8Herb9 ;That decision has been fast tracked.;

Fat and ,a

y - 8$d<ective9 .omplacent, overconfident, self1satisfied. ;M# fear is that we in $merica have gotten fat and happ#.;
(ngland was soul1starved amid its creature comforts.; ;Jeligion feeds #our soul.;

Feed your soul - 84hrase9 don%t think onl# about mone#. Nurture #our spirit. ;)scar @ilde said Feel out - 8Herb9 Nearning how someone feels about something b# communicating with them about it.
"mplies finding this information out without letting the other person know for certain what it is that #ou want to know. ;Net*s feel Soe out about making the trip to Dare .ount# 8Net*s talk to Soe

and see his reaction when we mention the trip. "f he is enthusiastic about going, he will probabl# be the one to make the trip. "f he hates the idea, he probabl# will not be the one to go.

Fin(er o* deat, - 8Slang9 To be singled out. ;The professor comes into the room and sa#s, *!runo, give
me #our anal#sis of the case*, if #ou get this finger of death all #ou can hope for is a decent burial 8if the professor asks !runo for his anal#sis, he had better have done the anal#sis9.;

Fin(er on t,e Pulse - To have one%s finger on something%s pulse: To monitor something constantl#.
Nike a nurse or doctor with a finger on a patient%s wrist, the observer notices ever# change. K@e have our finger on the pulse of all the ma<or media outlets.I Dean Sulie .ollins at M!$ Town /all meeting.

Finis, u - 8Herb9 2inish. ;@hen #ou finish up with breakfast, head for the busses.; Fin/ - 8Noun with negative connotation9 To snitch, to tattletale on, or leak information to management
what peers are doing and sa#ing without telling #our peers that #ou are reporting this information to management. ;Rou*re a bunch of finks.;

First ass - 2irst round of anal#sis. Nooking at onl# the simplest case. ;"n standard, traditional, first
pass monopol#, #ou have one set of customers and one price.; >There are more complicated issues we can anal#+e, but the ;first pass; considers onl# a situation without complications.?

Fi6 u - 8Herb9 2ix or repair. ;@e spent our da# fixing up a building.; Fla/ - 8Noun9 .riticism 8literall#, enem# weapons fire9. ;/e got a lot of flak for that decision.; Float in - 8Herb9 $rrive. ;Some people who float in here >to 02!S? don%t know how to operate in a
group.;

Follo1 - 8Herb9 To happen after something. ;!ob and Jollie were such good speakers that " didn*t want
to follow either one of them 8/e did not want to speak after !ob or Jollie9.;

Foot in t,e door - Merriam1@ebster defines Kfoot in the doorI as 3t,e initial ste to1ard a (oal.4
K!ut in their hurr#, the companies often underbid to (et a *oot in t,e door, with prices that fail to take account of the full cost of upgrading old and inefficient water s#stems. .ontracts are therefore regularl# renegotiated.I http:BBstor#.news.#ahoo.comBnewsO tmplCstor#QncidCMPQeC'QcidCMPQuCBn#tB7&&7&P7MBts[n#tBas[multinationals[run[the[taps[[a nger[rises[over[water[for[profit

For real - Truth. ;$n# compan# can look at itself as an information business. That*s for real. "t*s no
longer speculation.;

Force it do1n t,eir t,roats - 84hrase9 To make something happen regardless of ob<ections.
;Management could force it down their throats.; ;" do not care if the# do not like it. " will force it down their throats.;

Forei(n national - 8Noun9 Someone who is not a -.S. citi+en. ;@e like to hire foreign nationals and
bring them to $ustin for six months or a #ear.; 11 Michael Dell

Four-letter 1ords - 8Noun9 )bscene language. ;" don*t often mention Duke because we aren%t
supposed to use A letter words around here. !ut we sometimes pronounce the f word: 2u ua.; $lmost all of the worst (nglish curse words have four letters.

Frame - 8Herb9 4ut in context. ;" wanted to frame this issue for #ou.; ;Net me frame this issue for
#ou.;

Fran/lin street - 84roper noun 1 name9 The main street in .hapel /ill. ;"t*s not as crowded as Gth
$venue, but depending on the score of the Duke .arolina game, it can be.; @hen .arolina beats Duke in basketball, students go to the main part of .hapel /ill*s main street, the '&& block of (ast 2ranklin Street, to celebrate. The crowd is so large that the police stop auto traffic, and the street fills with students.

Free1ay - 8Noun9 Divided in1town multilane highwa# with exits, like an "nterstate. 2reewa#s are in
town. /ighwa#s are between towns and are controlled b# the State. "nterstates are between towns and are controlled b# the federal government. ;Miami had a problem with Ferman tourists being shot on the freewa# b# little kids.;

Fried ali+e - 8Slang 1verb9 To hurt someone. ;@hen he gave the incorrect answer the professor fried
him alive 8when the professor reali+ed the student had not done the work, he continued asking him uestions to embarrass the student.; Toasted can be used to mean the same thing. ;" walked into the interview unprepared and " was toast. The interviewer completel# toasted me.;

From %a oint in time& on- !eginning with 8a point in time9 and continuing, ;2rom now on, "*ll be a
better husband.; ;2rom '555 /ong 0ong has been part of .hina.;

From t,e nec/ u - "ntellectuall#. ;She had it from the neck up. She didn*t have it from the neck
down 8She was competent to do her <ob, but she didn*t dress appropriatel#9.;

Front and center - 8Noun9 "mportant. Something #ou can see clearl#. ;Diversit# is going to be front
and center in an# consulting #ou do.; ;0eep #our main point front and center in #our dialogue.;

B
Bas - 8Slang9 2unn# person or situation. ;/e*s a gas.; Ba)illion - 8Slang9 $ large number. ;Do we have enough capacit# to produce 7& ga+illion units next
uarterO;

B<P - 8Noun acron#m9 Fross domestic product 11 a measure of the total production and consumption of
goods and services in a countr#. ;"*ll give #ou G reasons wh# "ndia might beat .hina in surpassing the FD4 of the -S$.;

Beor(e Mars,all - 84roper noun 1 name9 @orld @ar "" militar# leader who led the rebuilding of
(urope after that @ar 8the Marshall 4lan9.

Bet a *eel *or - 8Herb9 $c uire some general information about. ;Net me get a feel for this: how man#
of #ou are most used to lecturesO /ow man# are most used to discussion classesO;

Bet a ,old o* - 8Herb9 To have in #our power or in #our grip. ;Some people who run companies suffer
from hubris. The# think the# know ever#thing but the# don*t. Those are the gu#s #ou <ust love to get a hold of as clients, if #ou are a consultant. Rou can wring a lot of blood, sweat and tears from them because the#*re arrogant 8it is fun to have arrogant people as #our clients and prove them wrong9.; ;Fet a hold of #ourself 8pull #ourself together9.;

Bet a Cuestion out on t,e table - 84hrase9 To start to discuss a uestion or topic. To make a
preliminar# uestion. ;"t is often good to <ust get a uestion out on the table to get things going.;

Bet airtime - See airtime. Bet (oin( - 8Herb9 To start working or to start taking action while impl#ing that discussion of what
action to take should stop. ;@e*ve got to get going on this pro<ect right awa# 8we need to stop talking about this and to start doing something to complete this pro<ect9.;

Bet in someoneDs *ace - To confront someone aggressivel#. ;" don*t think #ou have to get in the
client*s face to make #our point 8#ou do not need to be rude to make #our point9.; ;Don%t get in m# faceL;

Bet into - 8Herb phrase9 To become involved with. ;4eople often wonder, *@h# are we getting into in a
program like thisO*; ;$lread# #ou can hear people shifting in the seats >and asking themselves this uestion?: *@hat is she getting us intoO*;

Bet ast - 8Herb9 To move on be#ond 8one issue to other issues9. ;Rou need to get past the >racial? label
and consider the individual.;

Bet t,e ball rollin( - 8Herb9 To start a discussion. ;@ho got the ball rolling in #our stud# group
meeting #esterda# 8@ho organi+ed it or who started the discussion in the stud# group9O;

Bet t,e ,int - 8Herb9 To understand an implied suggestion. ;"f #ou*re offended b# people smoking at
#our table, don*t deliberatel# start coughing and hope the# get the hint.;

Bet t,e oint - 8Herb9 To understand something. To understand what the teacher wants #ou to learn.
;Man# people don%t get the point 8man# people do not understand9.; Similar to ;get itI

Bet to /no1 - 8Herb9 To meet and to learn about. ;The facult# can*t help #ou if the# don*t know #ou.
Fet to know them and get to know #our classmates.; ;" look forward to getting to know as man# of #ou as " can during the next few #ears.;

Bet to t,e oint - 8Herb9 To be direct. To sa# what #ou mean. ;Fet to the pointL Stop beating around
the bush 8stop talking about other things and <ust sa# what #ou are thinking. Stop alluding to

what #ou are thinking and <ust sa# it.9; ;!# the time we got to the point, it was too late 8b# the time we said what we wanted to sa# it was too late9.;

Bi+e a ,and - 8Herb9 To help 8not necessaril# ph#sicall#9. ;Feorge, can #ou give him a hand with that
answer 8Feorge, do #ou know the answer9O; ;.an #ou give me a helping hand with this problem 8do #ou know the answer9O;

Bi+e and ta/e - 8Noun9 $ compromise. ;There*s some give and take here 8there is a compromise
here9.; ;This is room for some give and take here 8there is room for negotiation9.;

Bi+e me a brea/ - 8Herb9 To give someone a rest or pause, but implies frustration with the situation or
disbelief. ;She kept sa#ing the same thing over and over, so " finall# said EFive me a break% 8the speaker was talking too much and the listener became frustrated and finall# interrupted9.; ;Five me a breakL No one is going to believe that stor# 8!e real. That stor# is obviousl# false9.;

Blee club - 8Noun9 Singing group. ;@e ma# be forming the 0enan12lagler glee club.; Blobal - 8$d<ective9 2oreign. "nternational. ;/ow do #ou get read# for a global assignment, something
that is uncomfortableO;

Blue - 8Noun9 0e# person on a team or ke# item for a pro<ect. ;$s we all know, Shannon is the glue that
holds the school together.; ;$mbition is the glue that holds it all together.;

Bo a1ay *rom - 8Herb9 To move awa# from. Disregard. ; M# father taught me some things that " had
to go awa# from 8m# father taught me some things that " had to forget9.;

Bo ballistic - 8Herb9 To get ver# angr# 8literall#, to use nuclear weapons9. ;The managers went ballistic
when the# found out that Serr# Jodrigue+ changed the recipe secretl#.; The image is that of a person becomes so angr# that the# shoot off into space like a missile.

Bo bro/e - 8Herb9 to become bankrupt. ;Three of !en 2ranklin*s nine business ventures went broke.;
;@e give #ou cases about people who go broke, on the theor# that #ou can learn nearl# as much b# reading about people who go broke, and it*s not nearl# as painful.;

Bo *or it - 8Herb phrase9 To take the risk and <ust do it. Sump in and participate. ;Fo for it earl# and
give it a tr#.;

Bo on %1ent on& - 8Herb9 To continue 8sometimes to excess9. ;Mar# Nil# 0enan 2lagler !ingham went
on a bit and had several husbands 8she remarried a few times9.; ;/e went on and on about nothing 8he talked for a longtime about nothing9.;

Bo on t,e board - 84hrase9 To become a member of the board of directors. ;"*ve gone on the board of
a couple of technolog# companies that " have an interest in.; This is a ver# collo uial method of expressing: *to become a member.* This should not be used as a proper example of how to express this idea.

Bo out o* oneDs 1ay - 8Herb9 To do more than what is normall# expected <ust to be nice. ;/e doesn*t
want to people to go out of their wa# to please him.;

Boin( no1,ere *ast - 84hrase9 Making no progress. Treading water. )nl# maintaining the status uo.
Not advancing. ;"*m one of their top producers, but "*m going nowhere fast 8" should be promoted, but " will not be promoted9.;

Boin( nuts - 8Herb9 To become cra+# or incomprehensible. ;This gu# is <ust going nuts 8he is going
cra+# or acting ver# excited9.; ;Don%t go nuts on us now 8don%t do an#thing cra+# now9.;

Bood cor orate citi)en - $ corporation that does good things for its communit#. ;@e find that good
corporate citi+enship can be the tie1breaker in a customer*s decision of which compan# to bu# from 8some consumers choose to purchase from corporations that do good for the communit#9.;

Bood1ill - The excess of a compan#*s value over the value of its assets. ;That compan# has a lot of
goodwill.; 8;Foodwill; in a non1technical sense can also mean a positive feeling.9

Bos el - 84roper noun9 "n modern (nglish, the Fospel is four specific chapters in the !ible. The word
gospel denotes ;good news; in Freek, which was used to signif# *the revealed truth of .hristianit#.* The contemporar# use of the word gospel has come to mean *something #ou should accept on faith without uestioning.* 2or example, ;Rou can take this as the gospel. There*s some math to prove it, but #ou don*t need to worr# about it 8Rou can <ust accept this as true without doing the math to prove it9.;

Breasy s oon - 8Slang 1 noun9 Jestaurant, usuall# inexpensive, that serves greas# >high1fat? food.
;4eople came up the stairs out of the Jathskellar >in the '&& block of east 2ranklin?, ma#be the greasiest spoon in town. The# saw a woman l#ing in 2ranklin street, and the# asked her wh# she was in the street. She said *we*ve lived in .hapel /ill for 7 #ears, and we*ve finall# found a parking place on 2ranklin street. "*m l#ing here saving this place while m# husband bu#s a car.*;

Brou - 8Noun9 More than two people. ;Mr. @est sometimes spoke to the audience as ;group.; Bum tion - 8Noun9 !oldness, courage. ;M# great1grandmother had the gumption to hire herself an
attorne#.;

A
Aand do1n - 8Herb9 To pass <udgment. To make a decision. ;The supreme court handed down two
important decisions.; 8Herb9 To give something to someone else, t#picall# #ou hand something down to a #ounger sibling. ;/e handed down his to# to his #ounger brother.; 8Slang 1 noun9 $ derivative of the verb hand down is *hand1me1down.* ;@hen " was growing up, the onl# clothes " had were hand1me1downs from m# older brother 8the onl# clothes " had as a child were m# older brother*s used clothing.9;

Aan( in t,ere - 8Herb9 To maintain #our composure. To sta# strong. To survive. The response ;"*m
hanging in there; usuall# means ;"*m working hard, but "*m )0.; 2or example, an answer to uestion: */ow are #ou doingO* .an be, ;" am hanging in there 8" am surviving or " am sta#ing strong.;

Aa+e it to(et,er - 84hrase9 To have it all figured out. To manage ever#thing well. .ommonl# used to
sa# that the# have *life* figured out. ;" was one of those people who thought he had it all together 8" was one of those people who thought he had *life* all figured out9.;

Aa+e one on - 8Herb9 To possess an advantage over. "mplies that the person is clever or is ahead of #ou
or is ahead of the game. ;No matter how much finance and accounting #ou know, these kids have got one on #ou 8no matter how much finance and accounting #ou know, these kids are going to beat #ou] #ou are going to loose9.;

Aa+e somet,in( do1n - 8Herb9 To know something perfectl#. ;"*ll let 0evin operate the remote
control 11 " thought " had this down 8" thought " knew how to operate this technolog# perfectl#9.;

Aa+e-nots - 8Noun9 4oor people. ;There is a growing gap between haves and have1nots. " don*t think
we can compete in the global marketplace with this growing disparit#.; The world can be divided into two groups: those that have something and those that do not. @e often explain the digital divided as those that have access to a computer and those that do not.

Aead u - 8Herb9 To be the leader of something. To be the chairman or president. ;Some people think
that an M!$ onl# means more bucks >dollars? of accumulation. !ut a funn# thing happens on the wa# to the bank. Nook who heads up the -nited @a# 8Some people think that an M!$ is onl# about making mone#, but some M!$s use their knowledge instead to lead organi+ation such as the -nited @a#9.;

Aeart in t,e ri(,t lace - 8$d<ective phrase9 To have good intentions. To be honorable. ;" think his
heart is in the right place 8" think he is tr#ing to do the right thing9.;

Aillbilly, Aic/, Bubba, and Eube - are all more or less insulting slang terms meaning uneducated,
unsophisticated person from a rural area. Aillbillies are from mountainous areas. Bubba describes a male, probabl# a #oung adult from the Southern -S$ 8the term comes from a nickname derived from a #oung child%s effort to sa# KbrotherI9. Aic/ strikes me as more of a Southern term than rube. 2rom http:BBwww.washingtonpost.comBwp1d#nBarticlesB$57DG1 7&&7$ug7P.html: .!S is bringing back ;The !everl# Aillbillies.; This time, however, /oll#wood actors won%t pla# the famil# members we laugh at= the#*ll be real live rubes from the South. $fter spending decades tr#ing to shed the Bubba image it contracted in the '5M&s when its prime1time lineup included a slew of backcountr# characters, .!S has decided to embrace once again its biggest ,ic/ hit of all. The network alread# has a crew of casting agents combing ;mountainous, rural areas; in $rkansas, @est Hirginia, North .arolina, Tennessee and 0entuck# in search of a ;multi1generational famil# of five or more 11 parents, children and grandparents 11 who will be relocated for at least a #ear; to a mansion in !everl# /ills, said .!S spokesman .hris (nder. Herbatim from http:BBwww.word1detective.comB&M'D&&.html: !elieve it or not, ,ic/ is <ust a shortened, familiar form of the proper name ;Jichard.; $t the time ,ic/ arose as a derogator# term for a countr# bumpkin in (ngland around 'GMG, ;Jichard; was considered 8unfairl#, of course9 a t#pical ;countr#; name, much in the wa# ;4add#; 8short for ;4atrick,; after the patron saint of "reland9 came to signif# ;"rishman.; $s a s#non#m for ;uncultured and unsophisticated,; ,ic/ is now heard largel# in the -.S., where it has become an ad<ective as well as a noun, giving us combinations such as ;hick town.; $ similar 8and e uall# unfair9 epithet based on a supposedl# t#picall# rural personal name is rube, formed from the name ;Jeuben.; $n $merican invention of the '5th centur#, ;rube; became so widespread that it spawned the classic carnival workers* warning cr# ;/e# JubeLI a coded signal meaning that some of the local rubes had figured out that the# were being fleeced and were fixing to exact revenge.

Ai t,ere - .ollo uial expression that means ;/i.; */i*, *hi there*, and *he#* all are informal greetings.
E/ello% is more formal than Ehi%. . ;/i there; sometimes indicates that the user is not comfortable enough to simpl# sa# ;hi.;

Ai(, yield debt - 8Noun9 Sunk bonds. $ bond with a speculative credit rating of !! 8SQ49 or !a
8Mood#*s9 or lower is a <unk or high #ield bond. Such bonds offer investors higher #ields than bonds of financiall# sound companies. ;/igh #ield debt might be less expensive, but it is a high risk investment;

Ai(, yield *und - 8Noun9 Mutual fund that invests in a riskier pool of investments= its potential for
profit is greater. ;@all# sta#ed awa# from high #ield funds= the# were too risk# for him.;

Aired (un - 8Slang 1 noun with negative connotation9 )utside expert or consultant. Niterall#, hired guns
are mercenaries. The term is from the ;@ild @est;, a time period in histor# when cowbo#s and "ndians roamed the western half of the -S. /ired guns were cowbo#s that could be bought for protection or assassination. ;" don*t know if this information will save #ou mone#, but #ou*ll know how to deal with hired guns after " tell it to #ou 8#ou will know how to handle consultants after " explain this to #ou9.;

Ait - 8Noun9 Negative conse uence. ;/orst ma# have to take a short term hit on efficienc# in order to
achieve his long term goals.; Ait t,e (round runnin( - Start operating at full speed with no transition effort KThis is a short program with extremel# challenging pro<ects, so all teams are expected to ,it t,e (round runnin(.I http:BBwww15'D.ibm.comBemplo#mentBusBextremeblueBappl#7.html, the application forms for "!M%s (xtreme !lue internship program, described at http:BBwww1 5'D.ibm.comBemplo#mentBusBextremeblueB. "deall#, when a parachutist <umps out of an airplane, instead of falling or stumbling, the parachutist lands 11 literall# hits the ground with his feet 11 and starts moving fast in the right direction.

Aobblin( - 8$dverb9 Nimping. ;The man was hobbling down the road 8the man was limping down the
road9.;

Aoo/ - 8Noun9 Nure, enticement. ;!asketball is merel# the hook. @e bring #oung men into the g#m
using basketball as a hook.;

Aoo/ u 1it, - 8Slang 1 verb phrase9 To get together with or meet. Depending on the context, *hook up
with* can mean to meet #our friend, to meet someone of the opposite sex for the first time, or to have a romantic encounter with someone. ;@e*ll tr# to hook up with #ou later 8we will tr# to meet #ou later in the night9.; ;The# hooked up in a bar 8the# met in a bar9.; ;" think the# hooked up last night 8" think the# had sex last night9.;

Aoo/, line, and sin/er - 8Slang 1 noun9 Totall# 8from fishing, when the fish swallows not <ust the bait
and hook but much more9. ;Do #ou think " would fall in that trap 1 hook, line, and sinkerO 8/ow dumb do #ou think " am. Do #ou think " would fall for that trickO9; Niterall#, the hook, line and sinker are the pieces necessar# for fishing.

Aoot - 8Slang 1 noun9 @ild or funn# experience. ;" had an accounting class in a former arm# barracks. "t
was a hoot. "t influenced m# decision to become a marketing ma<or.; ;/e is a hoot 8he is a lot of fun9L; Niterall#, a hoot is a t#pe of sound.

Aosed - 8Slang 1 verb9 Niterall#, to be hosed is to be spra#ed with water from a hose. 2igurativel#, this
means to be Escrewed% or to be in trouble. ;"f #ou don*t know demand, #ou*ll be screwed. "f #ou don*t know costs, #ou*ll be hosed as well 8#ou have to know both demand and cost9.;

Aot button - 8Noun9 Something #ou feel strongl# about. ;M# hot button is suburban oblivion.;
;Speaking in one language when not ever#one present speaks that language is a hot button.;

Aot issue - 8Noun9 "ntensel# debated or contested political issue. The concept is that this issue has been
bounced so much from person to person that it has built up energ# from the movement or friction and that this energ# is being emitted from the item as heat. ;"n some countries, distribution of income is a hot issue 8in some countries distribution of income is one of the most important political issues being debated9.;

Aot seat - 8Slang 1 noun9 To have all attention focused on #ou. To be responsible while others are
waiting and watching #ou. Man# people are uncomfortable to perform while others watch, so we sa#, ;" don*t want to put #ou on the hot seat >this is unstated: b# asking #ou an uncomfortable uestion? 8" do not want to make #ou uncomfortable b# making #ou answer a uestion while ever#one is watching #ou9.; "t is clear from this sentence construction that the speaker recogni+es that #ou ma# be uncomfortable, but the speaker is going to ask #ou the uestion an#wa#.

Aotlin/ - 8Noun9 $ s#mbol or a word #ou can click on to reach another web page. $ hotlink simpl#
means an "nternet link that is enabled. ;"f #ou go on the web #ou*ll see there*s a hotlink to communit# outreach.;

F
Fn con9unction 1it, - $t the same time or together with. ;Net*s negotiate #our salar# in con<unction
with #our stock options;

Fn /ind - Something that is not monetar#. ;@e make in kind contributions to schools of computers and
lab e uipment 8the# give computer and lab e uipment to charit#9.;

Fn some ot,er li*e - "n a previous experience or at an earlier time ;"f #ou don%t read the material, #ou
won%t understand the class, unless #ou%ve had the course in some other life.; This is a sarcastic reference to the belief of past lives.

FnCuisition - 84roper noun9 The "n uisition was a historic event that happened in medieval Spain where
the Spanish brutall# tortured dissidents and persecuted Sews. "n contemporar# (nglish we sarcasticall# use it as a reference to asking tough uestions. 2or example, if a professor were to repeatedl# ask tough uestions then we might sa#, ;This is like a G minute "n uisition.;

Fnstrumental - 8$d<ective9. "mportant, ke#, critical. ;!asketball coach Dean Smith was instrumental
in bringing an end to segregation in .hapel /ill.;

Fnter*ace - 8Herb9 "nteract with and get to know. ;"t%s important for them to interact with people like
#ou.; 8Noun9 The control panel. ;The interface of the computer is well designed.;

Fnternational - 8Noun9 2oreign. ;She is an international student.; 11 She comes from another countr#.
The word ;foreign,; though more precise, appears to strike some people as rude. 2oreign can also mean strange, odd, or not normal. $ccordingl#, it is rude to call someone a foreign student. Ret, the word foreigner does not have an# double meanings and therefore cannot be construed as rude.

Fntros ecti+e - 8$d<ective9 To contemplate one*s self. To look inside #ourself ;" would like #ou to be
introspective right now.;

J
Jac/ <aniels - 84roper noun9 $ brand of bourbon whiske#. ;"f #ou want to do math in economics, " can
set #ou up in the economics department. There #ou can get a 4h.D. in economics in A #ears and drink a lot of Sack Daniels 8Rou do not need to do math in (conomics >because #ou onl# need to understand it theoreticall#?. (arning a degree in economics will make #ou want to drink alcohol a lot9.;

Jam >somet,in(? do1n someoneDs t,roat - 8Herb phrase9 To make someone accept something, such
as information or even action. ;$ review session isn*t a chance for me to <am more stuff down #our throats.; During a review session, " will not give #ou new information that " did not alread# give #ou in class. $lso see *forcing something down #our throat*.

Ja)) musician - 8Noun9 $ musician that pla#s the <a++ genre of music. Sa++ musicians have a
reputation for being free spirits that do not follow rules. $ccordingl#, a <a++ musician implies someone who improvises rather than strictl# following a plan. ;There*s more than one wa# to do these things. Some of m# colleagues like to do scripts, like choir, with soprano, alto, tenor, bass.. !ut "*m more of a <a++ musician 8" like to assess the situation fre uentl# and ad<ust m# plans and actions as the situation evolves9.;

Joc/ - 8Noun9 "nformal term meaning athlete, but sometimes implies someone who is dumb depending
on the context. ;Rou don*t have to be a <ock to need to learn technolog# 8ever#one needs to learn about computers, even smart people9.;

Jo,n 0em leton - 84roper noun9 $ wealth# owner of investment businesses, such as the Templeton
2unds. ;Sohn Templeton offered to bu# his business, but he turned down the offer.;

Join me in 1elcomin( - 84hrase9 .lap for. ;" invite #ou to please <oin me in welcoming her toda#,
Margaret Dardess.;

Jum in - 8Herb9 To participate. To be involved in a class discussion b# starting to speak. ;" expect
ever#one to <ump into the class discussion as the# have something to sa#.;

-ee your day 9ob - 84hrase9 Don*t uit #our regular work, because #ou don*t have the talent to
succeed in show business. >Sim Sohnson, after hearing section c sing:?. ;Section c, keep #our da# <obs.; This term comes from how artist often find their singing or acting careers. "t is common that a singer, for example, will be an account in the da# and sing in a bar at night. /e should not uit his da# <ob 8accounting9 until he can support himself with his singing career.

-enan Fla(ler business sc,ool *oundation - 84roper noun9 $n organi+ation that raises funds for the
school.

-ey - 8Noun9 "mportant factor. 4erhaps the most important piece of a pu++le or dilemma. ;Rou ma#
have noticed that some of #our classmates >stud#ing with other professors? are doing math problems. "f " thought doing math problems was the ke# to #our being successful, we*d do math problems. "*ve never had a student come back after graduation and tell me *Rou know that iso uant stuff we didO That was the ke# to m# promotion.*;

-ic/ o** - 8Noun9 The start or the beginning. The term originates from sports. "n football and soccer,
kicking the ball off starts the game. ;@e had a kick off da# about a #ear before the Special )l#mpics events began.; Nater, Sim Sohnson said ;@e had 7M& #oung men last season, and we*re about to kick off the third season.;

-ind o* - See ;sort of; -in( *or t,e day - $ mock title given to someone to honor him or her. "t is often used as part of a
sarcastic complement or to tease someone depending on tone of voice. ;Feorge is king for the da# 8Feorge gave a good answer or the answer Feorge gave was so obvious that " am mocking him for stating the obvious9.;

-itc,en sin/ - The last item. $bsolutel# ever#thing. ;Rour locker is so crowded #ou%ve got ever#thing
in there but the kitchen sink 8#ou have too much stuff in #our locker9.;

:
:abeled - 8Herb9 Defined. To be stereot#ped or given a descriptive name. ;"t*s hard enough around
here without being labeled. " was starting to be thought of as the voice of $sian $mericans.;

:aid bac/ - 8$d<ective9 To be relaxed or eas#going. ;4eople in Samaica are more laid back than people
in the -S$.;

:ame - 8$d<ective9 @eak. ;That%s reall# lame= that%s second rate thinking.; :ate ni(,tG - 84hrase9 Did #ou have a late nightO Did #ou get to bed lateO. ;Nooks like a couple of
people might have had a late night 8the# look tired9O; )r #ou will hear people simpl# ask, ;Nate nightO; instead of sa#ing ;were #ou out late nightO Rou look tired.;

:ead o** - 8Herb9 To go first 8the leadoff hitter is the first batter in a baseball game9. ;@e have with us
toda# to lead off a person from a respected business in our communit#. ;

:e*to+ers - 8Noun9 the remaining. 2ood that was cooked earlier and is not so appealing as when it was
first cooked. Toda#, the term meant people who are extra members of their group because the# ;counted off; last. ;The leftovers are up there >in the last row?.;

:emon - 8Noun used as an ad<ective9 !ad car or something bad. Defective. ;North .arolina has a
lemon law protecting purchasers of defective vehicles.; 8Rou might hear the term ;peach; for a good car.9 There is a sa#ing, ;when life gives #ou lemons, make lemon aid 8when life gives #ou something bad, change the situation so that ad thing becomes a good thing 1 i.e., be flexible.9;

:ets (et t,is arty started - "%m the boss, and "%m beginning this meeting. K)0, folks, let%s get the
part# startedI 1 from a Southwest $ir TH ad running on .N!.. Some languages clearl# conve# the relationship between speaker and audience. Sapanese Krespect languageI and the familiar tu in Spanish in 2rench or du in Ferman are examples. -S (nglish can conve# relationships, too, though less formall#. "n the ad in toda#%s sample, a man enters a conference room and takes a seat at the head of the long table where other adults, dressed like him in business clothes, are waiting. /is greeting and statement, as well as his bod# language, show that he%s the boss. /is reference to K artyI means Kinternal business meetingI: a subordinate would not treat the meeting so casuall#. K:et7s . . . K shows that he is in charge, and that he decides when the meeting will start 1 and end. 8"f he were not the boss, he might ask a uestion, like K$re #ou read# . . .OI9 /e is a addressing subordinate, not customers= with customers, he would be more formal, and probabl# would not sa# K*ol/s.I

:e+era(e - 8Herb9 To use as a tool to #our advantage. )riginall# derived from the lever, one of the
seven simple machines, which allows #ou to multipl# #our strength. 2inance terms meaning debt 8noun9 or borrow 8verb9 against assets 8;Rou can leverage #our real estate; C Rou can borrow mone# b# using #our real estate as collateral9, now expanded to mean, ;use; more generall#: ;Rou can leverage #our rock band background b# going into concert promotion.;

:i*e ,istory - 8Noun9 The full stor# of someone*s life. Ma# impl# stor# with too much detail. ;"f #ou
have to ask for a new fork because the one at #our place is dirt#, don*t give a life histor# of the fork >don*t explain where the dirt is or how it got there?. Sust ask for a new fork.;

:i*estyle - 8Noun9 Standard of living or chosen manner of living. ;@e can expect a prett# comfortable
lifest#le, but not ever#bod# has the same advantages we have.; ;/is lifest#le is destructive 8implies that he parties too much or works too much to the extent that it is not health#9.;

:i/e - KNikeI can mean KaboutI or KaroundI or Kroughl#,I as in K/e was making like a million dollars.I
Note that KlikeI there can also be a filler that stalls for time as the speaker comes up with a number. This use of KlikeI turns up in speech, not in writing. $ filler, like KumI and KuhI 8phrases for $ugust '5, 7&&79, condemned b# Tim 0oegel 1 but it can add subtle meaning. 8Thanks to !rent Davidson %&D, who writes: !"ay#e you should follow up $um and uh% with an e&planation of the u#i'uitous (like( phrase which is a voca#ulary staple for just a#out everyone under )*.+ $nd to Sim Dean who suggested KlikeI long ago.9 $nd here are three more possible nuances from 4ublic Jadio commentator Feoffre# Nunberg%s interesting discussion, taken verbatim from http:BBwww1csli.stanford.eduB^nunbergBlike.html: >)? ne wa# or another, like la#s

a certain distance between speakers and their words. Sometimes it can soften a re uest, as in ;.ould ", like, borrow #our sweaterO; Sometimes it communicates disaffection: ;@haddawe >what are we? suppose to, like, read thisO; )r #ou can use it to nod ironicall# at the banalit# of #our words, as in, ;Do #ou suppose we could, like, talk about itO; M# favorite example is KNike, @owLI "t parodies the use of the word KlikeI as filler. K@owLI is an inter<ection of surprise or delight that people use when the# can%t think of an# appropriate statement. KNike, @owLI takes it a step further: KNikeI here makes the speaker seem even more inarticulate. Sa#ing KNike, @owLI toda# could make people think #ou have smoked mari<uana ver# recentl#. Herbatim from http:BBwww1csli.stanford.eduB^nunbergBlike.html9: Nike is Kmore than <ust an unconscious tic, or a filler that people stick in while the#*re vamping for time. "t*s a word with a point of view . . . . Nike a lot of modern sensibilities, that point of view and that use of the word got their start with the hipsters of the fifties. "n their mouths, it wasn*t a sign of inarticulateness, the wa# people would come to think of it later . . .. >T?he word contributed to the sense of a language that didn*t actuall# mean an#thing so much as it evoked, the wa# a <a++ riff does. "t turned ever#thing the hipsters said into a kind of extended simile, as if to sa#, ;", like, gotta use words when " talk to #ou.; Mainstream $mericans didn*t learn that kind of talk from the hipsters themselves. The# got it from TH and radio programs that diffused the lingo in a diluted form . . .. >T?here was Ma#nard F. 0rebs, the goateed beatnik wannabe that !ob Denver pla#ed on the late1fifties TH show The Man# Noves of Dobie Fillis. 0rebs was given to sa#ing things on the order of ;Nike, wowL That is, like, reall#, like, coolL;

:i/e a deer in t,e ,eadli(,ts - 84hrase9 4anicked. $ look of terror in the face. To be still. The
phrase originates from the fact that a deer on an empt# road will ;free+e; or become motionless when a bright light shines on it. )ne of a deer*s best protective mechanisms is to be still. "ts fur coat provides excellent camouflage. $ccordingl#, when a deer is afraid its first instinct is to be still. )bviousl#, this is exactl# the wrong choice for how to avoid a car driving on a highwa#. ;The student was like a deer caught in headlights 8he had a panicked looked on his face and he obviousl# did not know what to do9.;

:i+e u to - 8Herb9 Deserve= be worth# of. ;"%m going to see what " can do to live up to that great
applause 8" am going to work hard to deserve that applause9.;

:i+er *unction - Sobriet#. ;/e had reasonabl# good liver function.; /e was sober and not hung over
>b# the time class started?. The liver metaboli+es alcohol in the bod#, so a person with a good liver function can drink a lot of alcohol.

:oo/ o+er one7s s,oulder - 8Herb9 To be suspicious. ;" don%t want an#bod# looking over their
shoulder feeling as if the# are being checked out >investigated?.;

:oose cannon: unpredictable, dangerous person or group. K>$?t his .rawford, Tex., ranch, the president
will la# it on the line to his visitor from .hina, Siang _emin: Do #ou want a loose cannon on #our border loaded with nukesOI This metaphor, from toda#%s NR Times, describes North 0orea. http:BBwww.n#times.comB7&&7B'&B7ABopinionB7AS$2".html /ere is the long, striking loose cannon passage from Hictor /ugo*s Novel, Ninet#1Three : http:BBwww.gavroche.orgBvhugoBcannon.gav= for the original 2rench text, go to http:BBmichel.balmont.free.frBpedagoB5DBtxt5DBcaronade.html9:

:ousy 1it, - 8Herb9 To be full of 8ma#be too full of9. ;The investment banking business is lous# with
M!$s: we*ve got them ever#where.; >Much more often, lous# means onl# KbadI or Kterrible,I but not here.? Nous#, in this sense, refers to lice V to be full of lice.

M
MA8 - 84roper noun9 Master*s in $ccounting V another graduate degree program offered b# 0enan1
2lagler.

Mac,ia+ellian - 8$d<ective9 To be cold and calculating. The term comes from Machiavelli, an "talian
renaissance political writer. /e was known for his ruthless advice. /e touted the principle that *the end <ustifies the means Machiavelli.* ;There is both a Machiavellian and a pedagogical purpose for asking tough uestions.;

Main .treet - 8Noun9 )rdinar# people and small businesses. 8Monied people and financial institutions
are called @all Street9. ;"t%s Main Street " want to talk about toda#.; ;This is a battle between Main Street and wall streetL;

Ma/e a di**erence - 8Herb9 To have a positive impact. To do something good 8"%ve never heard
;making a difference; to mean making a negative difference.9 ;/e has devoted much of his time to making a difference in the communit#.;

Ma/e money ,and o+er *ist - 8Herb9 To financiall# be ver# successful. ;@hen #our countr# engages
in competitive devaluation, #our export businesses ma# make mone# hand over fist.; >Rou make more mone# than #our hands can grab.?

Ma/e time - 8Herb9 To make something a priorit# in #our schedule. To reserve some of #our schedule.
;Make a little bit of time for basketball here.; ;Make time for #ourself.;

Mar(inali)ed - 8Herb9 To become less important. K@ithout globali+ation, companies run the risk of
being marginali+ed.I ;Do not marginali+e the importance of marketing.;

Matriculate - 8Herb9 To begin work as a student at a school. ;This is #our matriculation da#. Rou*re
the first class to matriculate with me.;

Ma+eric/ - 8Noun9 $ rebel or independent thinker and normall# implies something positive about a
person, but depending on context it can be used negativel#. 84ositive9 ;Ted Turner is a maverick in the news business.; 8Negative9 ;/e thinks he is a maverick so he does not follow the rules.;

Mayberry - 84roper noun9 Ma#berr# is an fictional small town from the $nd# Friffith TH show. "n the
show ever#one is Ma#berr# is a happ# and life is simple. $s with man# shows of its time, all the characters were white. ;Rou grew up in Ma#berr# 8#ou didn*t have to worr# about an#thing9.; ;Middle $merica lives in Ma#berr# 8middle class $merica has simplistic lifest#les and ideas, but a happ# life9.; Sometimes people refer to Ma#berr# as a ;bubble.; See bubble.

Medium rare - 8$d<ective9 less cooked than medium, but more cooked than rare. There are five basic degrees for cooking meat: rare, medium rare, medium, medium well, and well done. ;Rour filet mignon is medium rare. "t looks like it*s going to move >as if it*s still alive?. Don*t send it back. Sust leave it and eat what #ou do like: the vegetable and the potato.;

Met,odist - 84roper noun9 $ group 8;denomination;9 of 4rotestant 8non1.atholic9 .hristianit#. See

!aptist for more information.

Milestones - 8Noun9 Foal. "mportant dates. $ significant point of development. ; The broadband
development is a milestone for the "nternet $ge.;

Mirror - 8Herb9 To cop#. ;"f #ou are unsure of the proper eti uette mirror the actions of #our host 8if
#ou do not know the proper eti uette then follow the host*s example9.;

Mode - 8Noun9 Manner of being. @a# of thinking. ;"f "%m interviewing with a law firm, and the# are
still in the skirt mode, "%ll pla# the game 8"f the# think slacks are inappropriate, "%ll wear a skirt9.;

Mo+e on *rom - 8Herb9 To uit an action and awa# from that action. ;"f #ou want to move on from #our
conversation with 0evin #ou might sa#, *0evin, #ou ought to meet Mark. /e*s interested in start1 up businesses, too.* Rou introduce 0evin and Mark and then #ou fade awa#.;

Mo+e on to - 8Herb9 To uit #our current action and start the next action. ;@e started with
immuni+ation, we moved on to disease prevention, and now we%re working on new programs.; Mo+in( ri(,t alon( 1 84hrase9 Net*s start discussing the next item: we%ve spent enough time on this one. ;$ll right, moving right along . . . we will now start discussing the marketing aspect of the case.; This phrase implies that the speaker is a little frustrated or anno#ed that so much time was spent on one sub<ect. Mr. :ast su er 1 8Noun used as ad<ective9 someone who eats so much food that it seems he thinks he will never eat again. ;>@hen entertaining several clients or guests, onl# one of whom orders an appeti+er,? " might ask m# other guests to <oin the one who ordered an appeti+er. " don*t want Mr. Nast supper to feel bad.; The speaker here is mocking the person who ordered the appeti+er b# comparing them to a prisoner on death row who is receiving their last meal before being executed. >Note: the last supper in the .hristian religion has a different, more fre uentl# used, meaning: it is a dinner that Sesus and his disciples held the night before the crucifixion. The term Elast supper% usuall# refers to this religious event and not of a prisoner%s last meal before execution. $lso common, the Nast Supper is the name of a painting b# Neonard Da Hinci depicting .hrist%s last meal before being crucified.?

Muscle - 8Slang 1 noun9 Strength or abilit#. ;Sales of the 0it 0at cand# bar went up because of Nestl`%s
marketing muscle 8sales of cand# bars increased because of Nestl`%s superior marketing prowess9.;

My bad - M# mistake= M# fault= " said something that was inaccurate )ther similar expressions: Sorr#:
informal " stand corrected: old1fashioned and ver# formal, when #ou said something inaccurate " got that wrong: informal= when #ou said something inaccurate " can%t remember hearing an#one over A& #ears old use it, but " hear people in their D&s sa# it all the time. 4eople will understand Km# bad,I but if #our audience is m# age, ma#be #ou aren%t speaking their language.

My cut - 8Noun9 M# position on a particular uestion. M# opinion. "f someone asks ;.an the student
bring in outside information to help anal#+e the problemO; The professor might repl#, ;M# cut is that there is this thing called the "nternet which #ou can use so it is unrealistic to sa# no #ou cannot bring in an#thing 8#es, #ou can bring stuff in9.;

Myers-Bri((s indicator - 84roper noun9 $ popular tool for looking at personalit# t#pes. ;/ow man#
of #ou have taken the M#ers1!riggsOI /ere are details from the ;association for ps#chological t#pe; web page: ;The M#ers1!riggs t#pe indicator 8M!T"9 is a self1report personalit# inventor# designed to give people information about their Sungian ps#chological t#pe preferences. "sabel !riggs M#ers and 0atherine .ook !riggs began developing the M!T" in the earl# '5A&s to make .. F. Sung*s theor# of human personalit# understandable and useful in ever#da# life. M!T" results indicate the respondent*s likel# preferences on four dimensions: ;a (xtraversion 8e9 or introversion 8i9 a sensing 8s9 or intuition 8n9 a thinking 8t9 or feeling 8f9 a <udging 8<9 or perceiving 8p9. ;Jesults on the indicator are generall# reported with letters representing each of the preferences as indicated above. There are 'M possible wa#s to combine the preferences, resulting in 'M M!T" t#pes: "STS, "ST4, (ST4, (STS, "S2S, "S24, (S24, (S2S, "N2S, "N24, (N24, (N2S, "NTS, "NT4, (NT4, $ND (NTS.; 2or more, #ou might search the web for ;M#ers1!riggs.; Some sites let #ou take a form of the test alone, while other sites sa# #ou should get a trained professional to administer it.

Mysti*ied - 8Herb9 To be confused, surprised, or lost. ;Rou shouldn*t be m#stified when people talk
about e1business.;

H
Hada - 8Noun9 Nothing 8Spanish9. ;Did #ou hear an#thing after #our interviewO; ;Nada.; Hail - 8Herb9 To answer correctl#. >$fter students listed good ideas, professor dean said:? ;Did #ou gu#s
read m# notesO "%ll get #ou the check >a cash reward for good performance V a <oke here? later . . .. " think #ou nailed it.;

Hail do1n - 8Herb9 4in down= decide or set. ;Net%s nail down the date of the meeting before we start
talking about hotel reservations.;

Hame reco(nition - 8Noun9 4ublic awareness of a name. ;@e went from 5: name recognition in
"ndiana to 5A : toda# 11 all without paid media >TH or print advertising?. @e did this b# naming Jiverfront Stadium *.inerg# Stadium.* @e are the first utilit# to name a sports stadium, but we got a good deal 11 we spent onl# XM million for naming rights.; >Man# corporations these da#s are promoting their brand names b# pa#ing mone# to stadium authorities to put the corporate name on the stadium.?

Hature - 8Noun9 Something alive. ;@e found some nature 11 we found a copperhead >a poisonous
snake?.;

He(ati+e *eedbac/ - 8Noun9 .riticism. ;>The white emplo#ee said:? E"%m tired of getting negative
feedback. "*m tired of being referred to as snowball and snowflake.%;

Her+e - 8Noun9 $udacit#= inappropriate boldness. ;The nerve of this white gu# coming in here talking
to me this wa#.; >Note: this uote is an inter<ection, not a complete sentence, but it%s regular us (nglish.?

Het - 8Noun9 "n the final anal#sis, considering all factors. ;Net, an M!$ is a good investment.; 4aul
2ulton

Het1or/ed - 8$d<ective9 .onnected with important, useful people. ;Jollie is one of the most creative
and the most networked individuals in the school.;

Hice to see you - K"%m glad to see #ouI )J K"%m glad to meet #ou.I This phrase has an advantage of
ambiguit#: if #ou can%t remember whether #ou%ve met someone before, KNice to see #ouI covers either case, so #ou won%t be embarrassed. KNice to see #ouI can be one whole side of the conversation, as the speaker moves uickl# on to another person. So in certain contexts, both K/elloI and KFoodb#eI can be part of the meaning. Hice to meet you indicates that the speaker has never met the listener before. "n earlier #ears, "%ve had second1#ear international students who definitel# knew me but who hadn%t seen be before sa# KNice to meet #ouI V as if we were strangers, or the# had forgotten me. Bood to see you is less common, but )0. Breat to see you ma# ring false to me. "t packs too much emotion into too little of the speaker%s time, though "%ve heard it as a substitute for KNice to see #ou.I To strengthen Knice to see #ou,I a more natural statement re uires more time and more detail: K$h, Susie, it%s great to see #ou again after all these #ears.I )r KSenator, it%s great to meet #ou at last. " appreciate all #ou do for us.I The full sentence is K"t%s nice to see #ou.I The word K"t%sI ma# be pronounced or not.

Ho 1in - 8Noun9 $ situation where there is no good result and where ever#one loses. I"t%s a no win. "f
Margie had come to the golf course, she would have been turned awa#.;

Ho-brainer - 8$d<ective9 (as#. $ problem with an obvious solution 8a problem that re uires no brain9.
;@ould #ou rather live in .hapel /ill or in DurhamO; ;That%s a no1brainer V .hapel /ill.;

Hoddin( o** - 8Herb9 To be in the state of falling asleep. ;There were two people up there >in the
audience when the sound s#stem made loud noises? that were sort of nodding off.;

Hot so ,ot - 8$d<ective9 !ad. Not well. "t is a possible answer to the uestion ;/ow are #ouO;. ;There*s
a G1foot embankment. Down at the bottom with a sickle is .henghuan, cutting waist1high weeds. Someone asked */ow are #ou doingO* and in perfect (nglish, without the smile leaving his face, he said *Not so hot.*;

Ho1 ,irin( - 84hrase9 we have <obs. ;The sign in the store window said ;Now hiring* so m# sister went
inside and filled out an application.;

Huts and bolts - 8Noun9 Details. ;@e have developed a program that trains nonprofits in the nuts and
bolts of business practices.;

2
2** t,e ,oo/ - .omfortable, immune from uestioning. ;M# wife never lets me off the hook 11 she
alwa#s makes me think.; )ut of danger. ;Taka volunteered and took the rest of #ou off the hook.;

2**icer ool - Top executives. ;$ while back it took 7& or 7G #ears to build the officer pool= now we
want people to become vice1presidents in G or M #ears.;

2il o* 2lay - 84roper noun9 $ cosmetic >from 4rocter Q Famble? that is supposed to make the skin look #oung. ;" sa# to $m#, *Miss. * that means her )il of )la# is working.; >"f " said ;Ma*am,; " would think she is older than someone to whom " sa# ;Miss.;? 2ld maid - 8Noun9 $ woman who never married and is growing older with few prospects for finding a
husband. ;Mr. 0enan had a sister, a D71#ear old maid. Mr. 2lagler married her.;

2ld stom in( (rounds - 2amiliar territor#. ;Morgan Simon >a nonexistent firm? is $lexis*s old
stomping ground.;

2ldest rat in t,e barn - 8$ self1deprecating term9 the person who has been here longest. ;"%m the
oldest rat in the barn.;

2n ed(e - Nervous. ;@ith all the tough decisions #ou have to make, #ou ma# be on edge.; 2n oint - .orrect, relevant. ;Net me articulate it >#our comment? back to #ou to make sure "*m on
point.;

2n sta** - @orking for. ;Students can talk to a Nobel laureate who is on Flaxo1@ellcome%s staff. ; 2n t,e s ot - (xposed to uestioning. ;Rou ma# be on the spot.; 2nline - 8Herb9 To be completed and read#. ;@e have a new building coming online.; 2om , - !oost= added strength. ;@hen the local currenc# appreciates, the luxur# goods market gets
this big oomph.; >4eople bu# more luxur# goods.?

2 en u - 8Herb9 To create. ;@hen #ou go to a top school, it opens up a lot of choices.; 2ut o* ,ere - Neaving, sometimes <o#full# 8original meaning: gone= not here9
;" left Tro#, New Rork, and " thought, *"%m so out of here.*; 11 "%m leaving here with enthusiasm.

2ut(oin( - Not sh#. ;!e as outgoing as possible 11 engaging with all #our peers here. M# suggestion is
go out of #our wa# to get as much from #our time here as #ou can possibl# get.;

2utsourcin( - -se of outside suppliers. ;Deere and .o. has recentl# pulled back on some of its
outsourcing b# bringing back the manufacturing of some products back in1house to a Deere plant in Feorgia. ; 84araphrase of @SS article 51'6156, page $D.9

2+er t,e to - (xcessive. ;/e alwa#s tries to dominate class discussions 11 his performance is over the
top.;

21n - 2eel >this meaning is more of a ;social science; meaning than the usual meaning?. ;Don*t assume
that a colleague believes it, or owns it, or has it as part of their value s#stem.; .ontrol or participate in ;Rou can own the process here; 11 #ou can participate meaningfull# in the wa# the School works. ;Rou own the School. Rour degree is e uit#.; 11 #ou are not simpl# passing through 0enan12lagler, #ou are a stakeholder whose future depends in part on how well the School does. P

Pain in t,e can - 4ain in the rear= pain in the butt= pain in the ass >slang? V anno#ance. ;"t%s a larger
pain in the can to covert this material to something usable than it appears.;

Paradi(m - Model or wa# of thinking. ;The vice president there changed m# paradigm.; Parameters - 8Noun9 11 guidelines or limits. ;@hen the parameters aren*t defined, #ou can still
accomplish #our goal.;

Paranoid - 2earing ever#thing= undul# fearful. ;"f " don*t give #ou the problem set, #ou all are
paranoid.; >Rou think #ou should get the problem set, and #ou worr# if #ou don*t get it.?

Partner - @ork together >with?. ;Rou%re going to be partnering with executives from some of the
businesses that support the school.;

Pay o** - 4roduce benefits. ;>.ommunit# involvement? will pa# off in ever#thing #ou do.; Peace o* mind - .alm, relaxed attitude. ;!u#ing life insurance ma# give #ou peace of mind.; Peer counselor - 4eer 11 e ual, someone who is on #our level or in #our situation
.ounselor V advisor. ;" want to be a peer counselor next #ear and help first1#ear students.;

Pic/ on - .all on in class. ;2acult# ma# pick on the members of one stud# group.; Pic/ someoneDs brain - Fet information from someone b# asking uestions. ;Rou can pick Sennifer*s
brain.;

Pic/ u on - 8.ome to9 understand. ;/ow did #ou pick up on the fact that people thought as an $sian
woman #ou would be meek and mildO;

Pic/ u t,e (auntlet - $ccept the challenge. ;" encourage #ou to pick up the gauntlet.; Note: ;Throw
down the gauntlet; means to issue a challenge.

Pic/in( t,e lo1 ,an(in( *ruit - Fetting business from customers who are alread# disposed to bu#
from the compan#. ;The# could pick the low hanging fruit.; 8Niterall#, #ou don*t have to climb a ladder to reach low hanging fruit: #ou <ust grab it.9

Piece o* ca/e - $n eas# task. Rears ago, people used the expression: ;$s eas# as pie.; ;That exam was
a piece of cake, so " aced it.;

Pi((ybac/ - 8Herb9 get a free or cheap ride= combine things. )rigin: one child puts legs around another*s
waist and ;rides pigg#back;. ;$fter m# interview with Foldman in New Rork, "*m going to pigg#back visits to other some companies.;

Piss o** - 8To9 anger 8warning: this word is H-NF$J9 2irst student: ;@hat%s the matterO Rou look
pissed off.; Second student: ;Sohn is alwa#s late for our stud# group 1 that%s what pisses me off.;

Pit - $ large sunken brick area on the main campus of -N.1./. ;!ingham is near the 4it, near the
student stores.;

Pi+otal oints - "mportant things. ;There are a few other pivotal points going on in the #ear 7&&&: a
global cease fire on Sanuar# ']I

Plan B - $ backup plan in case #our primar# plan 8;plan $;9 does not work. ;/ave #our 4lan ! read#=
if that doesn*t work, be read# with 4lan . or D.;

Plant - >Noun? deliberatel# inserted fact. ;This is m# plant in the case >the piece of data? 11 that " put in
the case when " wrote it 11 that is crucial: here, the number that, when anal#+ed, shows that capacit# is limited.

Play - Take on a role >in?. ;Net me not pla# the game; C Net me step out of the role of case discussion
leader and explain what is happening.

Poo ed - Tired. ;"*m glad it*s the last da# of orientation because "*m pooped.; Position yoursel* - 8$ marketing term9 act in a wa# that the market will see #ou the wa# #ou want to be
seen. ;/ow do #ou position #ourself for the #ear 7&&&, 7&&G, and be#ondO; .ompare ;we are positioned in a small college town.;

Positi+e *eedbac/ - 4raise. ;M# wife gave me some positive feedback: *#ou do understand.*; Potbellied sto+e - @ood1burning heater used earlier in this centur#. ;Some men were sitting around the
potbellied stove in a countr# store.;

Po+erty line - $n amount of income the government sa#s is ade uate to live decentl#. ;Some people
work ever# da# but don*t have enough income to be above the povert# line.;

Praise t,e :ord - "%m thankful. ;Sohn Motle# Morehead, praise the Nord, died with out an# children.
The Nord has a wa# of looking after southern state universities.;

Predicate ad9ecti+e - >2or grammar fans onl#? V ad<ective that appears after the verb 8such as be,
appear, feel9 rather than before the noun. ;>.hapel /ill is uni ue.? 4eople feel different here. "f m# mother were here she would sa# Epeople feel differentl#.% " think Edifferent% is correct, because it%s a predicate ad<ective.; >Note: ;different; is better. Rou might sa# ;" feel differentl# now that the surgeon has reattached m# severed thumb,; meaning ;" feel things in a different wa#.; ;Differentl#; is an adverb.?

Pretty - 8$s an adverb, ;prett#; is a mild intensifier, not so strong as ;ver#;9: ;" think #ou*ll find it to be
a prett# exciting da#.; ;@e started working on orientation prett# earl# on.;

Pretty muc, - More or less. ;4art of the campus looks prett# much like it did in '657.; Prima donna - 2emale opera singer 11 someone who thinks she is much better than ever#one else. ;That
stud# group has five decent people and one prima donna.;

Pro *orma %usually *or *inancial statements& - $d<ective: pro<ected or predicted 1 noun: pro<ection
or prediction. ;Management shows pro forma return on investment of '5 percent, but "%m skeptical.;

Problem sol+e - Solve problems in a meeting devoted to that activit#. ;)ne stud# group thought the#
learned to problem solve.;

Pro-con - Method of evaluating a proposal b# listing advantages 8pros9 and disadvantages 8cons9. ;Do a
pro1con anal#sis on one sheet of paper.;

Pro(ressi+e Farmer ma(a)ine - This maga+ine 8which Fordon Smith*s grandfather led9 contained
information about scientific advances in agriculture. @hen the grandfather saw the farm population shrinking and the suburban population growing, he started Southern Niving maga+ine. 8Smith sa#s his grandfather was like the makers of horse1drawn buggies who, when 2ord started making automobiles, figured out that the# were in the transportation business.9

Pull a,ead - Move in front. ;4ull ahead of the pack b# bu#ing 02!S business cards.; Pull o** - $ccomplish. ;" didn*t think " could ever make a sale to F(, but " pulled it off.; 8" did it= "
succeeded.9

Punc, out - is totall# different. "t can mean either 8'9 hit with #our fist 1 and knock down or 879 for an
hourl# worker, insert a time card into a shoulder1high factor# clock that records his presence or absence.

Punc, u - add passion to= make more interesting. K4unchI can mean KactionI or KvigorI or
Kenthusiasm,I as in KThat speech needed some punch.I $dding KupI turns it into a verb. Similarl#, #ou can Kspice upI or K<a++ upI a presentation, but those terms ma# indicate adding interesting stuff that%s unrelated 8so ma#be not helpful9. This phrase struck me as ma#be too collo uial for some situations, but the New Rork Times uses it toda# in a serious article, so ] it%s probabl# )0. "n the sample, though, the meaning is clear from the context: >$?t a speech earlier this month at the -nited States .hamber of .ommerce, >Hice14resident Dick? .hene# read his lines in such a .hene#1es ue monotone that he lulled some members of his audience to sleep. Mr. .hene#*s advisers acknowledged that his speech on the econom# will need unc,in( u before the vice president takes it on the road. Thttp:BBwww.n#times.comB7&&DB&'BD'BpoliticsBD'./(N.htmlOpagewantedCDU

Pus, bac/ - Jepl# to a point #ou disagree with. ;/ow do #ou push backO; C /ow do #ou refute an
argumentO

Pus, t,e ball do1n t,e *ield - Slow stead# progress 8in -.S. football9. ;)ur marketing strateg#
doesn*t include an# new products or new promotions: we*ll <ust push the ball down the field.;

Pus, t,e en+elo e - Do smart things that others have not done. ;@e won*t survive unless we are
pushing the envelope.;

Put out - State, verbali+e, present to a group >not the usual meaning?. ;"t*s fabulous that #ou put out that
observation >that someone with the last name Jodrigue+ is not necessaril# someone who does landscaping or other manual labor?.;

Put ants on one le( at a time - !e human. ;.onsultants put their pants one leg at a time; C
consultants are human, not superhuman.

Put someone in a osition - 2orce someone to act. K" hope no one in this room ever puts me in the
position of making that kind of decision >to expel or suspend a student?.;

Put to(et,er - )rgani+e or create. ;Thanks to 4eter, who helped me put this >orientation? week
together.;

Put u 1it, - Tolerate. ;Rou%re going to have to put up with me this week.;

I
Iuad - \uadrangle V four1sided area on a campus. ;The building across the uad >the 0enan center?
was built in the late P&s.;

Iuiet li*e - .alm existence, without problems. ;*The great advantage>O? )f monopol# is the uiet life.*
Sir Sohn /icks.; >Monopolists don*t have to worr# with competition.?

Iuite a bit - $ lot. ;@e have uite a bit going on.; >/ere, ;going on; means ;happening.;?

E
Eain date - Second chance for a meeting 8in baseball, when the weather turns bad, #ou get a rain check,
a ticket that can be used at a later date= a game might be postponed to a specific later time, a ;rain date;9. ;>Since #ou can*t come with us tonight,? we*ll have to have a rain date.;

Eaised - !rought up b# parents. ;" was raised strict "rish .atholic.; 11 " had to conform to m# parents*
conservative moral values.

Ea - 4opular form of music= performed primaril# b# $frican1$mericans, with more focus on rh#thm
and rh#me that on melod#.

Eatin(s - The number of people estimated to watch TH shows. ;Food news >like corporate
philanthrop#? doesn*t increase ratings. Monica Newinsk# does.;

Eatin(s (ame - /ere, M!$ rankings b# national maga+ines. ;@e*re in a ratings game. The name of the
game is to have lots of graduates out there. ;

Eattle someone7s ca(e - Fet the attention of someone who is working. ;M# pa# check was late, so "
went to the bookkeeper%s office and rattled his cage.;

Eeac, out - Make positive contact with 8someone outside #our group9. ;4resident .linton is tr#ing to
reach out to undecided voters.; Take active steps toward people. ;Jeach out to our friends, reach out to this entire communit#. Rou*ll learn as much from #our peers as #ou will in the classroom. Don*t be reticent. Don*t wish #ou*d done it. Do it while #ou*re here.;

Eead bet1een t,e lines - "nfer. ;The author doesn*t come right out and sa# he is a socialist: but if #ou
read between the lines, #ou know he is.;

Eead t,e tea-lea+es - Nook for information even in unlikel# sources >reading tea leaves is a form of
fortune telling or tr#ing to predict the future with little or no basis in fact?. ;"f #ou don*t know where demand is, guess. Jead the tea leaves.; >Rou must have some idea or clue about demand to for this anal#sis to be helpful.?

Eeady to deal - Jead# to anal#+e a case publicl#: ;Rour group will have to be read# to deal.; Eeal Mc8oy - Jeal thing 8The origin of this term is not clear.9 ;"s that bracelet goldO; ;Rep, it%s the
real Mc.o#.;

Eed ,errin( - Some fact in the case that is not reall# an issue. 8/erring is a fish that is white or silver,
never red9. ;There are no red herrings in this case.;

Eed ta e - !ureaucratic problems. ;!u#ing real estate in 2rance involves a lot of red tape.; Ee*lect - To think= to discuss thoughtfull#. ;"%ve reflected on this with other folks.; 11 "%ve spoken with
and listened to people in discussions about his topic.

Ee(rets - 8)n an invitation9 V 4lease respond if #ou cannot attend this event. ;The invitation sa#s
EJegrets onl#,% and "%m planning to go, so " don%t have to tell them "%m coming.;

Eestin( on our laurels - Jelaxing because we have a good reputation. ;@e have no intention of
resting on our laurels.;

Eestrainin( order - $ court*s 8<udge*s9 instruction to stop doing something. Ferr# !ell: ;/ow would
#ou like #our worst leader to raise #our kidsO; Hoice from the crowd: ;Jestraining orderL; 8" would ask a court to stop it.9

Ei(,t o** t,e bat - 2rom the beginning. ;Jight off the bat, the#%ll ask #ou E@hat%s the problemO%; Eoc/et science - Difficult area of knowledge 8;brain surger#; is another metaphor9.
;This material is eas# 11 it*s not rocket science.;

Eoc/et scientist - !rilliant person. ;Rou don*t need to be a rocket scientist to know that*s a good return
on #our investment.; Note: a similar term is ;brain surgeon.;

E2F - Jeturn on investment. ;@e can*t uantif# J)" for communit# involvement.; There is no formula
to calculate the income eventuall# derived from contributions.

Eole model - 4erson whose actions set an example for others.. ;$ child said *girls can*t build things.* so
we provided positive role models.;

Eonald Mc<onald ,ouse - )ne of a series of structures designed to house families of sick children
who are hospitali+ed= McDonald%s .orporation supports these houses, which tend to be located near big hospitals 8like the one here at -N.9.

Eoom *ull o* stran(ers - Social situation where #ou know no one. ;@hen " walk into a room full of
strangers, " pretend to know someone far across the room and " wave.; W.an someone who was there toda# identif# the student who said this so he can get creditOb

Eoot out - (liminate completel#. ;)ur onl# defense >against lawsuits? is to show that we have an
aggressive program to root out this kind of thing.;

Eo es course - )utdoor activities designed to help build teams. ;@e used to work on team building
with outdoors# kinds of activities 11 like a ropes course with low electric fences 11 nobod# got too hurt.;

E.VP - 4lease respond to this invitation 8from the 2rench, J`ponde+, s%il vous plact 8respond, please99. ;The invitation sa#s EJSH4,% so "%ve got to call to let them know "%m coming.; Eule o* t,umb - $ general, imprecise rule. ;$s a rule of thumb, it is wise to wait one #ear after a
divorce before remarr#ing.; ;$s a rule of thumb, D feet e ual ' meter.;

Eun into someone - Meet someone without planning to meet. ;" ran into Soe at Sutton*s Drug Store.;
Rou can also ;run into someone; b# hitting him with #our car or bike, but that usage is less common, because wrecks are less common than coincidental meetings.

Eun out t,e cloc/ - To keep an advantage b# doing nothing or b# acting cautiousl#, a term of football
or basketball. ;@e%re ahead 'D1&. Net*s free+e the ball and run out the clock.;

Eun t,e numbers - $nal#+e the data. ;2or this model #ou input #our assumptions, run the numbers and
then make #our decisions;

Eun-in - 2ace to face conflict or confrontation. ;" had a run1in with Norm.;

.
.A8 - Strategic $ir .ommand 11 the bomber force of the -S militar#. ;Nee !utler, the final commander
of the Strategic $ir .ommand, said a nuclear war would wipe out the human population within M months.;

.a*e ,ouse - 4lace where people can hide from danger. ;M# great grandmother had a safe house for
Jussian immigrants.;

.ame s,eet o* music - .ommon idea. ;)ne student in m# section isn*t singing from the same sheet of
music as ever#one else; 11 )ne student is lost, or unusual.

.a+e ,is butt - 8Save his backside9 11 protect his career. ;/e was tr#ing to save his butt.; .ay (race - 4ra# before a meal. ;@hat is the appropriate wa# to sa# grace at the tableO Sust sa# it to
#ourself. " promise she will hear #ou. Sust a <oke.; >The <oke is that man# people think of god as masculine rather than feminine.?

.care u - 4roduce. ;Rou can scare up the numbers #ourself; C #ou can produce or find the numbers. .cramble - "mprovise, act without a clear idea of the best procedure. ;@e had to scramble to find a
drill.;

.creen - (liminate. ;(mplo#ers screen emplo#ees ><ob applicants? on the soft skills: the wa# #ou look,
the wa# #ou dress. ;

.cre1 u - 8Mildl# vulgar9 V make a mistake. ;@e had to give the chancellor D names. @e told the
chancellor E#our <ob is to hire him >Sullivan, who was one of the D?: don*t screw it up.%;

.croun(e - Fet b# as needed b# scavenging >from Merriam1@ebster*s Dictionar#?= search for from an#
source. ;@e alwa#s scrounge around looking for a fourth >golf is usuall# pla#ed in groups of A?.;

.crunc,y - $ little piece of elastic material that holds a woman%s hair in place. ;Don%t wear
scrunchies.;

.econd-(uess - .ritici+e after the fact. ;Don*t second guess the value of #our own opinion.; .econd nature - (as#. ;2or some people talking to strangers is second nature.; .el*-starter - Someone who doesn%t need instructions or directions but who can figure out some work to
do. ;(ver#one here is a self starter.;

.enior moment - Napse of memor# cause b# aging. ;Never sa# *"%m having a senior moment. *Never
mention $l+heimer%s disease.;

.enior eers - Second #ear students. ;Rou%ll meet #our more senior peers who have taken advantage of
these opportunities.;

.enior Vice President *or 8or orate A**airs - $ person who works on relations between the
corporation and the communit#

.et t,e tone - (stablish a background. ;Do #ou want to see a video about (uro1Disne# to set the tone
>for the discussion?O;

.,a/e u someoneDs brain cells - Make someone think. ;Rou shook up m# brain cells a little bit.; .,are 1it, - Tell about. ;" want to share with #ou several pro<ects we are working on.; .,eets to t,e Jind - 2our sheets to the wind: drunk 0,ree s,eets to t,e 1ind is the usual term: "
don%t know if Kfour sheets to the windI means Kver# drunkI or is <ust a mis uote or a mangling of the usual term. ;" knew how to have a lot of fun, sometimes too much. There were plent# of times when " was disengaged, frivolous, *our s,eets to t,e 1ind on a weekend.I11 Democratic presidential hopeful Sohn 0err# tr#ing out a little pre1candidac# confession with the New Rorker*s Soe 0lein in the upcoming issue. http:BBwww.washingtonpost.comBwp1 d#nBarticlesB$7D'6D17&&7Nov7'.html 8The techni ue of getting bad news to the press in a preventive or proph#lactic mode is sometimes called Kinoculation.I9

.,o1 me ,is stu** - Speak intelligentl#. ;Feorge will have a chance to show me his stuff.; .,ut %someone& o** - To stop someone from talking. ;Rou have to shut them off after 7 or D minutes.; .ic/ and 0ired - $ parent ma# sa# he is Ksick and tiredI of something when 8'9 he hates something but 879 doesn%t know exactl# what to do about it. K"%m sick and tired of #our whining,I a parent ma# sa# to a child. So to me, the phrase means more than Kintolerant of the current situationI or Kimpatient.I "t carries a meaning of frustration, that is, inabilit# to change the situation now, too, though the speaker ma# have the upper hand or great strength. K"*m sick and tired of games and deception,; !ush said in @ashington, signaling
impatience with "ra i 4resident Saddam /ussein. http:BBstor#.news.#ahoo.comBnewsO tmplCstor#QncidCG6PQeC7QcidCG6PQuCBnmB7&&D&''ABts[nmBira [dc

.il+er bullet - (as# answer 8literall#, a bullet that will kill an enem# that regular bullets won*t
kill9.;Man# times, there is no silver bullet.;

.it in on - $ttend as an observer rather than a degree1seeking student. ;(ver# time " sit in on one of
$nn1Marie*s classes, " learn something.;

.ittin( - "ncumbent. ;There were G sitting Deans at top schools who applied for the <ob of Dean here.; .ittin( at a table - 4articipating in a face to face meeting. ;>@hen we decide how to give mone#
awa#,? most of the time our people are sitting at the table with nonprofits discussing how we can work together.;

./i++ies - Men*s underwear. ;Does business casual mean skivvies >onl#?O No.; ./un/1or/s - $rea of an existing organi+ation that is devoted to new ventures. ;@e had our
Skunkworks literall# in the basement of a building, as man# entrepreneurial ventures do.;

.lic/ - Designed to impress 8)riginal meaning: slipper# 8;The roads are slick.;99 2or a person: ;/e%s
slick; C he is tr#ing to impress #ou V be careful. 2or a presentation: ;"t was slick; C it was artfull# done.

.lo on - $ppl# carelessl#. ;$t first we*re slopping on paint, but we >reali+ed that it was important for
us to do a good <ob?.;

.mall tal/ - casual conversation, often preliminar# to discussing business

,&amples with ac'uaintances or friendsK/ow do #ou like this weatherOI KDid #ou have a good weekendOI K/ow%s #our famil#OI With relative strangersK/ave #ou lived here longOI KDo #ou like sportsOI >That sounds a little strained, ma#be.? The phrase is not new: the great Jussian writer Tolsto# used it in the 'P6&s novel Anna .arenina- !Do tell me something amusing but not spiteful,; said the ambassador*s wife, a great proficient in the art of that elegant conversation called b# the (nglish, small talk.

.notty - Disrespectful 8from ;snot,; the vulgar slang word for nasal mucus9. ;She was snott#.; .ociali)ed - Trained or taught. ;Man# of us have been sociali+ed to believe we are different. Fet in
touch with how #ou were sociali+ed.; >.ompare: ;it*s impossible to escape the social programming that brought us where we are toda#.;?

.ocratic met,od - )ne where the teacher asks uestions rather than lectures. Jelating to Socrates or his
philosophical method of s#stematic doubt and uestioning of another to elicit a clear expression of a truth supposed to be implicitl# known b# all rational beings .

.orority - Froup of female undergraduates who exclude others and who ma# be snobb#. ;@hat sororit#
was she inO;

.ort o* - 0ind of informal for ;somewhat;: a noncommittal answer that some people use to avoid
stating a strong opinion. )ften completel# polite. "f someone asks #ou ;Do #ou like pi++aO; ; Ma#be ; or ;" don*t know; are not good answers 8if #ou have ever tried pi++a9. ;Sort of; means that #ou are willing to eat pi++a, but it is not one of #our favorite foods. ;Sort of; is a less enthusiastic answer than ;ok; or ;all right.; The meaning of ;ok; and ;all right; depends on the tone: a lackluster tone can be noncommittal or even negative. ;" am sort of hungr#;. $s a statement, ;" am sort of hungr#; can be a preliminar# step toward an invitation to eat together. !ut if the speaker knows #ou plan to eat without him, ;" am sort of hungr#; can mean he is getting read# to leave #ou. $s an answer to the uestion ;$re #ou hungr#O; 8a uestion that can be a preliminar# step toward a meal together9. ;" am sort of hungr#; ma# mean ;" am not reall# interested in eating right now, but " value #ou and if #ou reall# want to stop and get something to eat #ou might be able to get me to agree without twisting m# arm.; ;Sort of promised; 11 indicated without firml# committing ;Thanks for asking 8me to lunch9, but " sort of promised m# wife to take her out toda#.;

.ound out - See ;feel out;. ;Sound out; usuall# involves onl# speaking, while ;feel out; can include
writing. ;" don*t know whether m# wife wants to pla# golf next week= "%ll sound her out.;

.out, side o* 8,ica(o - $n area where most residents are !lack. ;>@est%s boss:? " propose that we
start hiring people who are not !lack. >@est:? /ere, in the South side of .hicagoO;

.out,ern :i+in( ma(a)ine - This maga+ine, sold to Time in '5PG, contains information about
cooking, gardening, and travel in the Southeastern -S$.

. am - unwanted email. S4$M is a pork product from /ormel: the name comes from Kspic# ham,I and
was created in a contest. http:BBwww.spam.comBsp.htm. 2or more info on S4$M the meat product, go to www.spam.com or, for info on the latest marketing campaign, go to http:BBslate.msn.comBOidC7&6APPA. (arl# "nternet users started calling unwanted messages spam, and the word caught on. The source for this is http:BBwww.templetons.comBbradBspamterm.html.

. ar/ lu( - 4art of an engine person who starts a group going 8and ma#be keeps it going9. ;Theresa is
a spark plug for international activities.;

. ineless - irresolute or weak1willed. . itball - Tightl# compressed sphere 8formed of paper and saliva9. ;Never a spitball, never a wad.;
>Don%t crush #our napkin into the smallest possible volume.?

. lat - The sound of an accident= like a ripe tomato falling on a hard floor. ;Rou can hit bad data with a
big stick and it*s still going to go *splat*. So wh# drag out the heav# artiller#O; >"f #our data is not correct, wonderful tools Wa big stick or heav# artiller#b will not help #ou.?

. read too t,in - @orking on too large a number of tasks to do them all well. ;/orst ma# be spread too
thin.;

. reads,eets - (xcel 8or other9 tables that can list crucial data or the data the# contain.
Sim Dean: ;Spreadsheets are nice, but we aren*t going to worr# about spreadsheets, are we, Sherr#O; Sherr# @allace >admissions director?: ;Nah . . .; Sim: ;@ell, we should.; 8$ugust '5559 (xplanation: The spreadsheets list data like FM$T scores and Frade 4oint $verages= these ob<ective data are not the onl# important criteria, but the School likes to have high averages for those data.

.ta/e,olders - 4eople with whom a compan# has a relationship, including emplo#ees, customers,
suppliers, and neighbors. ;The .() writes his annual report to stakeholders, not <ust to shareholders.; .ta/es - $mount that can be won or lost in gambling, and in business. ;.ompetition is raising the stakes.;

.tand - Take a position. ;@here do #ou stand on the issuesO; .tand 1it, - Support. ;Do we want government leaders to stand with us >when we face difficulties?O; .te bac/ - $ssess the situation. ;>$fter a couple of hours,? " stepped back, and prett# much ever#thing
was done.;

.tic/ it to >someone? - Fain an advantage over >someone?. ;@here can #ou stick it to bu#ersO @here
there is inelastic demand.; >Note: the ;it; here is alwa#s ;it,; because it doesn*t reall# refer to an#thing.?

.to by - Make a brief stop at. ;Rou have a case #ou must read for Thursda#. Stop b# N#nn Noomis*s
desk and pick it up.;

.trai(,t u case - (as# case. ;This problem is not complicated: when demand falls, prices go down.
"t%s a straight up case.;

.tressed out - -ncomfortable, nervous. ;@ere a lot of borrowers stressed out when interest rates went
upO;

.tumble across - 2ind b# accident. ;@hat did " stumble across >on the internet?O $ book of .uban
recipes.;

.ubcontinent - The "ndian subcontinent of the $sian continent, including "ndia, 4akistan, !angladesh,
and !urma 8now M#anmar9.

.uc/ it u - (ndure suffering for a good reason 8)ne might suck up his abdomen to look and feel
better.9 ;Suck it up; 8Ferr# !ell9: Stud# hard and don%t pla# too much.

.uc/ers - >Slang? 11 small things. ;"%ll let #ou know as soon as " get those suckers >items of information?
posted >on the web?.;

.u(arcoat - Disguise a fact or opinion with sweet1sounding language >bitter pills are often sugarcoated?.
;"*m not tr#ing to sugarcoat an#thing.;

.ur*ace - 8Herb9 bring up for discussion. ;The goal is to surface as man# issues as we can.; .yner(i)e - .ombine with beneficial results. This supports a win1win situation, instead of
compromising. To describe it, compromise means 'd'C '.G, whereas s#nergising, 'd'C D. ;S#nergi+ing implies better solutions for ever#bod#, but re uires an abundance mentalit# to create new options.;

0
0aboo - .ulturall# inappropriate or incorrect. ;"n man# countries it*s taboo for men to put their hands in
their pockets. "f #ou don*t know wh#, see me after we finish.;

0ac/y - Not exhibiting good breeding= marked b# a lack of st#le >from Merriam @ebster*s .ollegiate
Dictionar#?. ;@e*re glad to have the (xecutive M!$s >students who keep their regular <obs and stud# for an M!$ part1time over a longer period of time? here, but we don*t tell #ou when the# are coming. "t*s tack# for #ou to put #our resumes on their windshields. 2or #ou international students, Mr. )glesb# will give #ou a memo to explain the term *tack#.*; )0, here goes: The (xecutive M!$ student%s work for good companies that are looking to hire new people. @hile these (xecutive M!$s might be able to help #ou find a <ob, #ou should approach them

intelligentl# and not crudel# >#ou should not put #our resume on their windshields, a cheap, impersonal form of untargeted advertising?. "nappropriate. ;.linking #our spoon >banging it on the dish? is tack#. "t sounds like the bride and groom are read#. >To uiet a crowd before speeches begin, as at a pre1wedding dinner, someone will make a clinking sound b# tapping a dish or glass with a spoon.?;

>0,e? tail is 1a((in( t,e do( - -nimportant things are given too much consideration
;@hen the football coach gets a higher salar# than the 4resident of the -niversit#, the tail is wagging the dog.; $nn Sabath $ stationar# dog wags 8moves9 its tail, ordinaril#. "n fact, a dog*s tail cannot remain still and force the dog to move, so when ;the tail is wagging the dog,; something is wrong.

0a/e a dee breat,: Jelax= calm down= gain control of one%s anger. KThe spokesman for the @hite
/ouse, $ri 2leischer, said it was Etime for ever#bod# concerned to ta/e a dee breat,, to stop finger1pointing and to work well together.% http:BBwww.n#times.comB7&&7B&5B7MBpoliticsB7M.)NF.html 2leischer was responding to this: K4ent1up partisan rancor over domestic securit# legislation and "ra polic# erupted toda# when Senator Tom Daschle, the ma<orit# leader, demanded an apolog# from 4resident !ush for sa#ing the >Democratic1controlled? Senate was Enot interested in the securit# of the $merican people.%I Telling someone to take a deep breath sounds condescending, as if talking to a child. "t implies that the speaker is in control of himself, while the person spoken to has lost control of his emotions. The speaker of this phrase is confronting and probabl# offending the person to whom he speaks. The phrase is inoffensive in some contexts, as when a speaker in an auditorium asks the audience to rise and take a deep breath. There, the phrase <ust means, Krelax.I

0a/e a *res, loo/ reconsider. @hen #our boss tells #ou to take a fresh look or a new look at
something, the boss ma# want #ou to change #our mind. !elow are some excerpts from a New Rork Times article dealing with such an instruction from Sand# @eill, .() of .itigroup, to Sack Frubman, former telecommunications anal#st for Salomon, a unit of .itigroup. Frubman resigned in $ugust after negative publicit# about his allegedl# rating companies highl# in connection with .itigroup getting the companies% investment banking business. Samples from http:BBwww.n#times.comB7&&7B''B'ABbusinessB'A@$NN.html: Mr. @eill acknowledged publicl# for the first time that he had urged Mr. Frubman in '555 to ;take a fresh look; at $TQT. "n a statement, Mr. @eill said that his re uest of Mr. Frubman was not meant to be viewed as pressure on the anal#st to upgrade $TQT, a compan# which Mr. Frubman rated a tepid ;hold; at the time. Nevertheless, Mr. Frubman soon did raise his rating on $TQT to ;bu#.; $ few months later, in $pril 7&&&, Salomon won a coveted role selling shares in $TQT*s wireless division to investors. ;eSust take a fresh look* is 5&*s code for change #our opinion,; said Tom !rown, chief executive of !ankstocks.com and a former brokerage firm anal#st. ;$t the investment banks in the 5&*s, ever#bod# reali+ed we were making mone# because of transactions. @hether it was #our direct boss, the head of e uit# trading, head of investment banking or the ..(.). of the firm, the t#pe of pressure that was put on #ou was exactl# what Sand# did.; " would understand Ktake a fresh lookI to be a deniable order: the boss could sa# K" didn%t give an instruction, " gave onl# a suggestion.I .ould the subordinate come back to the boss and sa# K" took a fresh look, and decided not to change m# opinionIO Res. !ut the boss would not be happ#, and might react in a number of wa#s, such as finding a new anal#st to cover that compan#.

0a/e a lon( 1al/ on a s,ort ier - Fo kill #ourself >usuall# said in <est?. ;"nstead of sa#ing *take a
long walk on a short pier* in response to criticism, " said *thank #ou.*;

0a/e anyt,in( a1ay *rom - Denigrate, critici+e. ;This is not to take an#thing awa# from those
activities 8like the rope course last #ear%s students had9 11 we think the# can be productive.;

0a/e a1ay *rom - Minimi+e= downpla#. ;She has a big problem 11 that*s not to take awa# from #our
situation.;

0a/e on - To undertake or to do or to tr# to do: ;$n#bod# want to take on a summar#O; 0a/e someone a art - Jefute someone%s arguments successfull#. Some students might think the#
know it all ;until one of the facult# takes them apart piece b# piece one da#.;

0a/e someone7s tem erature - means a one1time check. /ites take temperature of 0scar watchers
is the headline of a stor# at Thttp:BBnews.com.comB7'&&1'&7D1PDAG'G.htmlOlegac#CcnetU. The meaning is that websites allow people 8K)scar watchersI9 to log on and predict the winners of the )scars, the movie $cadem# $wards for best picture and so on. KTake someone%s temperatureI ma# be obscure, but it was used a lot when " worked for the -S .ongress and people wanted to know others% views. @e would take the temperature of the Senate Jepublican staff, for instance, about a proposal.

0a/e somet,in( *or (ranted - $ssume that something will continue, even if #ou do nothing. ;4epsi
took @end#*s business for granted, but got surprised when @end#*s switched to .oke.;

0a/e t,e bull by t,e ,orns - $dopt a proactive attitude. !e aggressive about speaking in class. $ttack
the problems directl#. ;"f #ou have a difficult situation, take the bull b# the horns and solve it;

0a/e 1it, a (rain o* salt - Hiew suspiciousl#. ;@e need to take all that with something of a grain of
salt.;

0a/ea1ays - Nessons #ou learned 8from a meeting or class9= what #ou know now that #ou didn%t know
before. ;"f #ou can%t list the takeawa#s, #ou%re not done: the casework isn%t finished.;

0eetotaler - 4erson who drinks no alcohol: ;"f it*s a teetotaler countr#, the snack industr# is different.; 0BFF - Thank Fod it*s 2rida#. ;/ow man# of #ou are glad it*s 2rida#O >Man# students raise hands.? Res. TF"2.; 0,an/s(i+in( 1 takes place the Ath Thursda# of November each #ear. Man# holida#s are controversial:
some people think /alloween is Satanist= some think .hristmas, as a .hristian holida#, receives too much attention from Fovernment while others think .hristmas is too commercial and not .hristian enough. Thanksgiving, in this land of man# opinions, has no organi+ed opposition. Thanksgiving is often observed with famil#. Students might find three weeks of .hristmas vacation with famil# too long, but the shorter Thanksgiving holida# ma# not tire families out with each other. The 2rida# after Thanksgiving is t#picall# the busiest retail1shopping da# of the #ear. Malls are so crowded that " don*t shop then. )ften, families with out1of1town grown children find shopping an activit# that all can en<o#. 8The Saturda# after Thanksgiving is ver# bus#, too.9 The @ednesda# before Thanksgiving used to be the busiest travel da# of the #ear when schools closed at the end of the da# @ednesda#. Now man# schools don*t open on @ednesda#, so the travel is divided between Tuesda# and @ednesda#. Still, look for "1A& to be packed @ednesda# afternoon.

0,e *in(er o* deat, - !eing called on b# the professor. ;Rou%ll get the finger of the death; C #ou%ll be
asked to speak b# the professor.

0,e *ollo1 u - The next uestion. ;The follow up >to a uestion whose purpose #ou don%t understand?
ma# be how do " use that information to figure out the problemO;

0,e least amon( us - The poorest, or the least fortunate. ;)ur competitiveness depends on the least
among us not behind left behind.;

0,e Peace 8or s - $n arm of the -S Fovernment that sends volunteers to third world countries. ;"
worked for the 4eace .orps for several #ears.;

0,e urban community - The inner cit#. ;The private sector has an obligation to invest in the urban
communit#.;

0,e 1ar - The .ivil @ar >'PM'1MG?. ;>-N. closed during? what southerners call The @ar, or the @ar
of Northern $ggression.;

0,e = t,in( - Z. ;@e know how to manage this diversit# thing.; Feorge !ush used to sa# ;the vision
thing; when he meant ;vision.;

0,ere is no 1ay - The situation is impossible. ;@hen she >the pro<ect leader? explained all we had to
do, we thought Ethere is no wa#,% but we got it all done.;

0,ere you (o - Res. 4erson ': ;Rou mean that EJSH4% means " must tell whether " plan to attendO;
4erson 7: ;There #ou go.;

0,in/-tan/ - 8Herb9 V brainstorm. ;Net*s think tank that problem for an hour or two.; 0,in/in( *or1ard - Thinking about the future. ;"nnovation is this process of thinking forward.; 0,ird de(ree - \uestioning so tough that its torture. ;" have the third degree, " can give the third
degree.; C " have three academic degrees 8bachelor%s, master%s, doctorate9= " can ask difficult uestions that students can%t easil# answer.

0,ird sector - Nonprofits 8the first two sectors are government and business9. ;>@e want to make? the
third sector a ma<or influence.;

0,ro1 in t,e to1el - \uit 8@hen a boxer%s manager needs to stop a fight, he throws a towel into the
ring.9 ;"t*s ' a.m. "*m tired. Net*s throw in the towel for tonight.;

0,ro1n at you - $ssigned. ;@hat%s going to happen to #ou is that b# design #ou*re going to get more
work thrown at #ou than #ou can possibl# do and then #ou*ve go to figure out how to do it.;

0i(,tly - "n an well1organi+ed wa# that does not waste time. ;@e%re going to tr# to keep things moving
tightl#.;

0o a erson - "ncluding ever#one. ;To a person within the M!$ staff, we are not complacent.; 0o be about - To have as a core value. ;"ntegrit# and civilit#: that%s what we%re about here at 0enan1
2lagler.; ;!ehaviors like this >pornographic emails? are not what we%re about.; To include. ;"t%s not leadership to talk >negativel#? about someone else in #our group. Neadership is not about that.;

0o round - To fill in gaps. ;@e are tr#ing to round people as part of our <ob; C we are tr#ing to train
well1rounded managers, that is, to eliminate students% weaknesses.

0oady - S#cophant= person who seeks favor with a superior. ;Dexter looks like a toad# of Sohn.; 0o/en - $ s#mbol, often of small magnitude. ;The first G students who email me an idea for this list will
receive a token X' cash pri+e.;

0o/en o* a

reciation - Fift for a speaker or performer. ;"%d like to present her with a small token of

our appreciation.;

0ouc, u on - Mention. ;" want to talk about three issues that " think all of #ou touched upon.; Discuss
briefl# without going into depth. ;@e%ll <ust touch upon what *business casual* means, because #ou alread# know this.;

0ouc,do1n - $ big score 8in -.S. football9, but not alwa#s enough to win the game. ;@e beat the sales
forecast b# 'P percent: it*s a touchdown.;

0ouc,y-*eely - 2or an issue, not uantifiable, a matter of intuition: ;4rofessor !ell teaches touch#1feel#
sub<ects.; 2or a person, one who is not guided b# logic: ;/e is too touch#1feel# to do well in uant.;

0ou(, (uy art - @ords of warning. ;$n# behavior that is unacceptable in a professional setting is
unacceptable here. That was the tough gu# part of it. "%ll get to the nice gu# part in a minute.;

0radeo**s - Things #ou must sacrifice in order to gain other things. ;2acult# will have a precise idea
about how the tradeoffs should work.;

0ree ,u((in( - Dealing with nature rather than modern technological civili+ation. ;"f #ou think that
personal development is a bunch of touch#1feel#, tree hugging crap, #ou probabl# have a problem.;

0ric/s - 4ieces of information ;There are no extra tricks in the review sessions= " do all m# tricks here.; 0rust *unds - @ealth transferred, over a period of time, to another person, usuall# a #ounger famil#
member. ;$bout P&: of children with trust funds are hurt b# the mone#.;

0rut, serum - $ drug that makes #ou tell the truth. ;Don%t let alcohol become truth serum for #ou.; 0une in - 4a# attention. ;"n deciding whether to have a beard, tune in to the highest level people in #our
organi+ation.;

0urn in an assi(nment - /and in an assignment 11 deliver an assignment to #our professor. ;" turned
m# assignment in late, so m# grade won*t be ver# good.;

0urn on a dime 1 Move in a totall# new direction immediatel#. 2rom 4egg# Noonan%s Wall /treet
1ournal web page: K4eople here >New Rork? keep asking each other if the#*ve changed since Sept. ''. " sa# " think "*ve <ust become more so. (ver#thing is provisional and tentative. (ver#thing is infused with grace. :i*e can turn on a dime. There are levels of m#ster# we don*t understand. Nife is good in and of itself. These to me are facts that, once #ou have absorbed them, leave #ou moving on, and appreciating the moment #ou*re in, and looking forward to steak and Merlot and the brightness of friends.I http:BBwww.opinion<ournal.comBcolumnistsBpnoonanB $

vehicle with a tight turning radius is said to turn on a dime, but that%s an exaggeration. "%ve heard of a horse Kturnin( on a dime and lea+in( a nic/el7s c,an(e,I a pla#ful wa# of sa#ing that the horse can turn in a smaller area than a dime. The word dime, the smallest -S coin, comes from the Natin Kdecem,I meaning Kten.I <2FHB A 1K0 means reversing course completel#. 0urnin( on a dime is different: it can mean heading in an# new direction, not necessaril# the opposite direction. 0urn o+er - 4ass 8transitive verb9. ;"%m going to turn it >the microphone or the program? over to
Jollie.;

Lnleas, - $llow to act= free up 8to unleash a dog is to let it run freel#9. ;"f (uropeans unleash their
entrepreneurship, the#*ll experience what we*ve experienced.;

L close and ersonal - "n person, in the flesh. ;This is our chance to see #ou up close and personal.; L *ront - 8$dverb9 V from the beginning. ;Rou need to recogni+e cultural differences up front when
#ou deal with people from other cultures.; 8$d<ective9 V not secretive= forthcoming. ;"%ll be up front with #ou: "*m going to oppose #our application for subdivision.;

L to me - "n m# power to decide. ;"f it were up to me, " would have hired someone black.; L to s eed - .omfortabl# functioning well. ;Rou can blow it 8this advice9 off because #ou%ll be up to
speed; C #ou can disregard it because #ou alread# know it and don%t need it.

L..E - -nion of Soviet Socialist Jepublics 8the former Soviet -nion9. ;@e had targets across the ''1
plus time +ones in the -SSJ.; The former Soviet -nion was so huge that when it was noon in the east, it was ' a.m. "n the west.

V
Vacla+ Aa+el - @riter, now head of the .+ech Jepublic. ;Haclav /avel said the ke# to our success for
the future is individual responsibilit#.;

Vel+et (lo+e and iron *ist - Merc# and toughness. ;@e have to have the velvet glove and the iron
fist.;

Venture out - Take risks= do new things. ;Henture out if #ou want to get read# for a global assignment.;

J
Ja**le - !e indecisive. ;Did #ou ever see a manager waffle a little bitO; Jal/ o** 1it, - Take awa# with #ou when #ou leave, even far in the future. ;There%s a real sense of
communit# here. That*s something #ou*re going to walk off with >in 7&&&?.;

Jal/ o+er - Dominate. ;M# boss thought that since he could walk over his wife >an $sian women, like
the speaker?, he could walk over me as well.;

Jarm-u - 4ractice= eas# anal#sis. ;This is a warm1up for the important stuff, because most folks end
up selling branded products >a situation that is partl# but not totall# like a monopol#?.; >$nal#sis of a monopol# is easier than the more t#pical real1life situation of anal#+ing the market for branded products.?

Jatc, your bac/ - 4rotect #ou, perhaps secretl#. ;Ma#be he*s watching #our back.; This expression
used to mean ;protect #ourself= be careful,; but the meaning has evolved.

Ja+in( o* t,e ,ands - >$d<ective? 11 uick and imprecise. ;Net me give #ou a waving of the hands
kind of answer and "%ll come back to it in detail later >there are onl# D minutes left in the class period?.;

Je - .an mean ;#ou.; ;/ow are we doingO Did we have a good da#O; Jelcome - /ere, clap for. ;Nadies and gentlemen, please welcome section c.; Jell recei+ed - Freeted with approval. ;Flaxo1@ellcome <ust reported its M month results to the results
to the financial communit# and "%m delighted to sa# those results were extremel# well received.;

J,atDs u G - Nike man# greetings, this one depends on the ph#sical context: 2or example, ;@hat*s upO;
2rom a classmate walking in the opposite direction probabl# does not show a desire to stop and talk= it instead calls for a minimal response such as. ;Not much, how about #ouO; 8"t ma# be said uickl#, sounds like ;supO;9 !ut ;@hat*s upO; 2rom a classmate waiting with #ou at a bus stop probabl# invites a conversation. ;@hat*s happeningO; "s similar to ;@hat*s upO; ;/ow%s ever#thingO; Shows more desire to converse. $ !udweiser ad campaign 8in 7&&&9 features exaggeration of the length of the expression as friends greet each other: ;@assuuuupO;

J,ere t,e rubber meets t,e road - @here the crucial test is, where the real work is. ;>2or
globali+ation,? the 0enan center is where the rubber meets the road.; 8This expression comes from an ad for automobile tires.9

J,y do you need to /no1 t,atG - F( .() Seff "mmelt sa#s F( managers Kmust continuall# seek
information from emplo#ees to improve performance. $nd he dislikes staffers who, when asked a uestion b# a manager, sa#, EJ,y do you need to /no1 t,atG% E"f #ou have to ask the perfect uestion to get the answer,% he sa#s, Efire that person toda#.%I 2rom the Wall /treet 1ournal of Tuesda#, Sanuar# 7P, page !', column'. )k to useO Not if #ou are in a subordinate position, according to the .() of this top -S compan#. "mmelt%s point is that subordinates should respond directl# and immediatel# and should not uibble about a boss%s uestion. (speciall# if the uestion calls for a precise answer, asking, K@h# do #ou need to know thatOI sounds insubordinate. @hile at some point the subordinate and the enterprise ma# benefit from having the subordinate know the boss%s intention, that point will occur after the subordinate answers the uestion, and the process will likel# pla# out naturall# without the subordinate having to ask. So this uestion would be inappropriate for an interviewee to ask a recruiter, rightO

Jid(ets - $n# ob<ect. $n unnamed article considered for purposes of a h#pothetical example.
8Merriam @ebster*s .ollegiate Dictionar#, '&th edition. ;@e*ll talk about how to talk with someone who is selling widgets. ;

Jim y - @eak >describing a person or attributes of a person?. ;Make #our handshake sincere 11 not a
bone crusher, not wimp#.;

Jin-1in - Mutuall# beneficial 8outcome9. ;Think win1win; means ;tr# to reach a situation where both
parties are better off.; ;@e*re approaching these negotiations in the hope of achieving a win1win solution.; Situation where all participants gain. ;.ommunit# involvement is a win1win for ever#one >the communit# and the compan#?.;

Jind do1n - 8Herb9 V approach a conclusion, near an end. 8S#non#ms include ;wind up; and ;finish
up.;9 ;"f the case is winding down, and there are G minutes left in the class, >#ou need to think about takeawa#s?.;

Jine and c,eese cro1d - $ group of spectators at a sporting event that is too sophisticated to cheer
loudl#. ;$ 2lorida state basketball pla#er once said he didn*t fear pla#ing in the dean dome because the fans here were a *wine and cheese crowd.*;

Jis,y-1as,y - Spineless V weak. ;The *word* think is a spineless term. *Suggest* and *recommend* are
not so wish#1wash#.;

Jit, all due res ect to - " disagree with this famous or honored person: ;@ith all due respect to Mr.
>Milton? 2riedman >a famous economist? we think good corporate citi+enship is important.;

Jeat,ers oon <istin(uis,ed Faculty .c,olar :ecture: $ lecture b# a famous person who gets a
lot of mone# to travel and speak, so much mone# that friends of the -niversit# and the !usiness School, the @eatherspoon famil#, have given a substantial amount to pa# the speaker.

Jit, re(ard to - $bout. ;Rou can use the skills #ou have learned in the classroom here with regard to
finance and operations and so on in the larger communit#.;

Jor/ out - Solve= handle. ;"f #ou have a problem with someone, tr# and work it out with them.. "f the
behavior continues, and #ou can%t work it out with them, >contact the appropriate person?.; >/ave #ou heard the !eatles% tune ;we can work it out;O )r are #ou too #oungO?

Jorld class - )n the level of the best in the world. ;)rgani+ations are striving to become world class in
their chosen fields.;

Jorld is one7s oyster - )ne is comfortable and at home ever#where. ;2or more and more businesses,
the world is their o#ster.;

Jorry about - Stud#= think about. ;Thursda# we*ll start to worr# about the issue of exchange markets.;

;
;7all - Rou two or more people 8Southern slang9. ;" missed seeing #%all when #ou were in (urope.; Do
not use #%all for <ust one person.

;a//in( - Talk persistentl# ;Someone asked if he should bring his lunch to a meeting. " told him he
was more than welcome to but that " would probabl# be too bus# #akking to eat.;

;ada-yada-yada - (tc.= $nd so on 8apparentl# populari+ed b# the TH show Seinfeld9. ;@e had to take
shots for diphtheria, tetanus, smallpox, #ad1#ada1#ada.;

;ea, - Slang for Res. ;Rou should eliminate the word *Reah* from #our vocabular#.; ;M8A - Roung Men*s .hristian $ssociation 11 a do1good organi+ation that is now not necessaril# <ust
for .hristians or <ust for #oung men

;M8A son( - $ song that appeals to children because of the spelling out of letters with arms and bod#.
"t*s usuall# sung at Durham !ulls baseball games. ;" want to personall# thank all our international students who still have no idea what we*re doing >spelling RM.$ with gestures?.;

;es, MaDam. - Res, " agree completel# >to a female colleague or peer?. This term was ordinaril# used to
show respect to elders. "t ma# now sometimes be used to show emphatic agreement. KRes, sirI is the male e uivalent.

;ou bet - Res. ;Do #ou want a ride homeO; ;Rou bet.;