Etymologie, Etimología, Étymologie, Etimologia, Etymology, (griech.) etymología, (lat.) etymologia, (esper.) etimologio
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Wörter der Woche, Des Mots de la Semaine, Words of the Week, (esper.) vortoj la semajno (?)

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Word of the Week

English is a language on the move, with new words and phrases coming into existence week after week. Time to take a look at some of the most recent and bring them to your notice. You probably won’t find them in any dictionary yet, so turn to ‘Word of the Week’ and stay up-to-date with your English!

• A: a done deal | advertorial | affluenza | A-list | | air kiss | alpha male | animatronics | Anthropocene | applet | aquaholic | arm candy | the Ashes | astroturf | attention economics | attrition | avatar
• B: B2B | back burner | backronym | Bacon number | bad economy | bailout | bankster | bean counter | because X | bellwether | bet dieting | big society | bingeable | binge viewing | biopic | bitcoin | black swan | bling | blue on blue | boiling the frog | boomerang generation | boondoggle | (to) bottle | bowser | brain waste | Brexit | brick | brick and mortar (B&M, BAM) | bro | Brown Eminence | bucket list | buffering | bunga bunga | butt call | buycott | Buzzword Bingo | BWPWAP | bait
• C: cannibalize | captcha | car-booter | cash for clunkers | catnip | caxirola | cenotaph | chairdrobe | charm offensive | chartjacking | chav | Chelsea tractor | chemtrail | chief whip | chillax | Christmas Word Puzzle 2 | Cinderella law | click bait | click farm | cloud computing | closure | Cockpit of Europe | commercide | commitment-phobia | computerate | copyleft | cougar | cosplay | Crackberry | cracker | crackhead | creep | cronut | cross training | crowdfunding | Cupertino effect | cyberchondriac | cyberslacker
• D: dark web | data fracking | dead ringer | deal breaker | declutter | deep web | defictionalization | defriend | demitarian | dibs | die | digital native | dongle | don’t (even) go there | Dracula sneeze | drawdown | dronie | drop | drug subs | Duke
• E: ecobling | ecocide | economy class syndrome | e-fence | elephant in the room | emoji | emoticon | empty nester | endies | expansion card | eye candy
• F: facepalm | factoid | factory shop | fashion victim | fat finger | faux gras | fence-mending | filter bubble | fixer-upper | fixie | | flatmating | flatline | flipping | flypast | food mile | footprint | freemium | free radicals | free range kids | friendemy | frugal fatigue | functional Food
• G: game face | garriage | Generation Y | Gitmo | gladvert | global weirding | globfrag | googleganger | go rogue | gonzo | gravy train | green audit | greenwash | grok | grounded
• H: hacktivist | haemorrhage (UK), hemorrhage (USA) | hand-me-up | hashtag(ification) | hedge rage | hedonometer | hipster | hissy fit | hung parliament | hurt locker | hutter | humblebrag
• I: industrial-strength | | issue - have issues with sb./sth. | Ig Nobel
• J: jargonaut | jingle mail | jigsaw family | jump the shark | junglist
• K: K-Pop | (to) kettle | kick the bucket | kidult
• L: ladette | Lady Lindy | lairy | last name effect | life-stream | Lilibet | locavore | Luddite | luge
• M: Mac the Mouth | makarapa | makeover | mallrat | mamil | manspreading | man up | mashup | meggings | meh | meme | memristor | me time | mindcasting | minging | mirror site | MLE | mobile wallet | mobisode | Mobot | mockney | moofer | morph | mouse arrest | Movember | mullet | mumblecore | murketing | muso
• N: nail bar | nano | neet | nerd | netiquette | netrimony | no-brainer | nocializing | noob / n00b | normcore | notspot | Noughties | nugatory | nylon
• O: obamu | Occupy | off the grid | omega male | omnishambles | owling | onesie
• P: panenka | Pank | panto | parkin | patchwriting | peer-to-peer | permatan | phablet | phat | phishing | phubbing | planking | plasticarian | plothole | polypill | pop | posse | postcode lottery | power nap | PPV | prebuttal | prepper | pro bono | product placement | psyop | putpockets
• Q: quango | quiet car
• R: raise one’s hackles | ratchet | reality check | reboot | recessionista | recyclopath | redshirt | rendition | reno coach | renoviction | retail therapy | retrosexual | returnment | reverse engineering | rewilding | rickrolling | ring tone | road rage | rocket science | romantasy | rowling | rumint
• S: S.A.D. | safe shake | salami slicing | salaryman | sandwich generation | screen-sighted | schmeat | second screening | self-tracking | senior moment | sheeple | sheload | shock jock | shwopping | sidebar | SITCOM | skank | slacktivist | slaphead | slow food | slugfest | smartwatch | smirting | snarky | snoutcast | Snowmageddon | soccket | social swarming | sockpuppet | soft power | solastalgia | SOPA | speakeasy | species barrier | splitsville | spoiler | squeegee merchant | squeezed middle | staycation | steampunk | Stepford | Streisand effect | stump speech | subprime | success theatre | sucker punch | suicide machine | sunset industry | supercycle | super spike | SWEDOW | swotty
• T: talking hairdo | tech-life balance | telecottage | telepresence | thigh gap | think tank | third age | thumbnail | toast (id) be toast | Tony | trailer trash | trance | transumer | trial balloon | troll | (to) trouser | trustafarian | truthiness | tweeting | twerking | twerp | twoosh | type-T personality | typosquatting
• U: uberization | ugg | underwhelmed | upcycling | uptalk | uptime
• V: Vampire state | vaping | vapourware | veep | Virgin Queen | voicejail | voiceprint | voluntourism | vortal | vulture capitalist | vuvuzela | V-chip
• W: wake-up call | wave farm | weasel words | webzine | whistleblower | white elephant | Wilhelm Scream | wingman | WMD | wonk | worm poll | wrap rage
• Y: yarn bombing | YOLO
• Z: zozulica | zero-hours contract

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Business Englisch
Word of the Week

Wichtige Fachwörter, Ausdrücke und Redewendungen für das tägliche Business English: In diesem Archiv finden Sie alle bereits erschienenen Beiträge alphabetisch sortiert.

• A: ABC analysis | accountant’s opinion | accounting income | accrue | achieve ROI, to | acquisition | across the board | activity-based costing (ABC) | advertorial | aggregate | amortization | ante, to up the | Application, applicant, apply | Application program interface (API) | appreciation | appurtenance | arbitrage | arbitration | arm’s-length principle | articles of association | asking price | asset stripping | audit scope
• B: backdating | backlog | backorder | benchmarking | bail out | Balanced Scorecard (BSC) | ballpark figure | belly up, to go | bid | binding contract | black hole | black, in the | blow the whistle, to | blue chip | blue-collar workers, white-collar workers | board | bolster | book value | bottleneck | bottom line | bottom-up planning | brand image | branding research | break even, to | breakeven point | bricks and mortar | business combination | Business Process Reengineering (BPR) | business-to-business (B2B) | bylaws
• C: cartel | cash burn rate | cash flow | casualisation | centre of excellence | charge off | cheap money | code of ethics | coexistence agreement | cog in the machine / wheel | cold call | collateral | collective bargaining | comfort letter | commission | common stock | commuting | competitive advantage | compliance | consignment | consultant | consumer panel | contingency plan | cook the books | core competence | Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) | corporate strategy | corporate values | cost advantage | cost driver | cost of goods sold (COGS) | cost performance (ratio) | cost principle | coupon (bond) | cowboy outfit | CPI (Consumer Price Index) | creative accounting | credit policy | credit rating | cross holding | critical item | critical mass | critical path | CRM (Customer Relationship Management) | customer | customer base | customer churn | customer retention | cutting corners | cutting edge | cyberslacking
• D: data projector | day-to-day operations | dead cat bounce | deal | debenture | debt-to-equity ratio (D/E) | declutter, to | decommission | Demotion / demoted | depreciation | differentiators | direct costs | directors' report | disclosure | discretionary income | diversify | downsizing, to downsize | downtime | drop shipping | due diligence, to carry out
• E: Earnings management | economies of scale | end user | Entrepreneur | environmental analysis | | ex works (EXW) | excise tax or excise duty | exit strategy
• F: facility management | factoring | feasibility study | fiduciary | financial leveraging | firm order | fixed asset | Fixed charge | fixed cost | flagship brand | flexitime | float | floating charge | floating interest rates | focus group | Folksonomy | Forbearance | foreclosure | fraud, to commit | freemium | fringe benefits | fundraising
• G: gap analysis | garden leave | generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) | get | globalisation | going concern | going forward | goodwill | go public, to | gross up, to
• H: hard look at, to take (a long) | hedge funds | homeshoring | hostile takeover
• I: in draft | in the red | income effect | incur | indemnity clause | infomania | in-house | | intellectual property | internal check | inventory
• J: job depth | job description | joinder agreement | joint venture | judgment call | jump through hoops, to | junior debt
• K: keep on task, to | kickback
• L: last mile/ last kilometer | launch | leadership skills | lead time | lean production | leave of absence | left field | legal entity | letter of credit (L/C) | letter of intent (LOI) | leverage, to | lien | limited liability | lump sum
• M: management buy out | margin | marginal cost | mark to market | market niche | market segment | macro environment | market share | market sounding | marketing communication | marketing concept | marketing mix | marketing myopia | mashup | metadata | Materiality | mission critical | mission statement | mortgage | MTBU | mutual organization
• N: nationalized company | natural person | net worth | non-disclosure agreement (NDA) | non-profit organization | nosedive
• O: on the same page | onboard, to | open account | open-door policy | operating company | option contract | organizational behaviour | organizational culture | outlay | outlook | outsourcing | overdraft | overtime
• P: par value | paradigm shift | parent company | Pareto principle | partnership | pay on demand | payment terms | Payroll | pear-shaped, to go | performance management | performance-related pay | Performance review | perk | permanent establishment | PESTEL | petty cash | piercing the corporate veil / lifting the corporate veil | pilfering | pipeline stock | pitch, to | play ball | play it by ear, to | power of attorney | presenteeism | price elasticity of demand (PED) | price gouging | price hike | price point | prime cost | privatisation, to privatise | product endorsement | product launch | product mix | product positioning | product recall | pro-forma invoice | Proprietary | prospectus | proxy voting | Public Company Accounting Oversight Board | public limited company | purchasing manager
• Q: quality driven | questionnaire | quick win | quorum
• R: raise | rebranding | reimburse | Research and development (R&D) | retailer | role overload | roll out
• S: sales forecasting | S-curve | S&P 500 | S.M.A.R.T. | scalable | settlement date | severance pay | shakeout | shareholder / stockholder | shareholder loan | short selling | shortage | skill set | skunkworks | SMEs | sneakerization | soft skills | sole proprietorship | spin out / spin off | stake a claim, to | stake in something, to have a | stakeholder | STEER analysis | sth up the sleeve | strategic planning | strike it rich | structured finance | subcontracting | substitution effect | suggestion box | SWOT analysis | synergy
• T: tactical planning | take home pay | | tax shield | technology roadmap | telecommuting | tender offer | termination for convenience | think on one’s feet, to | think outside the box, to | thought leader / thought leadership | three hundred and sixty degree feedback | time-consuming | toll manufacturing | top-down approach | track record | trade union | tranche | transfer pricing | transparency | turnaround | two cents worth
• U: unconscionability | upgrade | upscale/ downscale | USP | underwriting
• V: valuation | value chain | variable costs | venture | vested (stock) options | vetting | vision statement | volunteer
• W: Web 2.0 | white paper | white-shoe firm | wild ducks | windfall | win-win situation | working capital | Works Council | work in progress | writedown or write down | write-off
• Y: yield

Erstellt: 2015-02

macmillandictionaries
Word of the Week

From "afterparty" to "zorbing" and "Asbo" to "zombie", new words are appearing right through the alphabet.

• @: Numbers 7/7
• A: afterparty | agflation | alcolock | al desko | ambush marketing | | Asbo | attrit | Automavision | awareness band
• B: baby hunger | babymoon | backronym | bacn | barista | bioneer | bird flu | bissextile | BlackBerry thumb | blended learning | blook | bluejacking | body lift | BOGOF | bogotify | bouncebackability | Bright | Britcom | bustitution
• C: cage diving | carbon neutral | chad | Chelsea tractor | chocotherapy | Christmas creep | chugger | citizen journalism | click fraud | clickprint | climate canary | Comstockery | cot potato | Cyber Monday | cyberslacking
• D: debaptism | Denglish | dental spa | denture venturer | deshopper | digital native | dipping | dirty bomb | disemvowelling | dog-whistle politics | dooced | drive-by download
• E: earworm | ecosexual | egosurfing | electoral cleansing | embed | extended financial family | exergaming | extreme ironing
• F: facebook | Facebook fatigue | fanfic | fat finger syndrome | fat tax | fixie | | flexitarian | flog | food mile | flyboarding | folksonomy | framily | freebirth | freegan | fridge googling
• G: garbology | gas-sipper | gastrosexual | gay bomb | geolocation | ghost bike | google | googleable | googlegänger | googlewhacking | grafedia | greenwash | grief tourist | gripesite
• H: half-birthday | hand-me-up | Hawk-Eye | healthspan | Heely | Henmania | HIP | homeshoring | hopemonger | hotfix | houseblinging | hypnosurgery
• I: ice baby | ICE number | infomania | iPad
• J: jump the couch
• L: lavender language | lipstick on a pig | living bandage | locationship | locavore
• M: man flu | manny | marmalade dropper | marriage lite | matutolypea | maven | McLibel | meh | meshing | me time | metrosexual | middle youth | migrate | miswanting | mob-handed | mobisode | Mosquito | mouthbreather | movieoke | Murray Mound | mystery worshipper
• N: nighthawking | nosocomephrenia | nouse
• O: Obamamania | obesogenic | open skies | orthorexia
• P: Paralympian | password fatigue | pay-as-you-throw | phat | phonathon | plagiarhythm | pluot | pluto | | pod slurping | polyamorous | polypill | potscaping | precycling | pre-heritance | protire
• Q: quantitative easing | QWERTY phenomenon
• R: rabbit hopping | rate tart | read dating | recessionista | regifting | remanufacture | rendition | retrosexual | ringxiety | rumint
• S: SARS | saviour sibling | seachanger | security mom | self-build | | senior moment | sesquipedalian | set-jetter | sex up | sheeple | She-pee | shopgrifting | sky marshal | slow city | slow food | slow travel | slumdog | smart dust | SmartStamp | smirting | smushi | sonic branding | speed networking | speed-dating | spendy | | spoiler | stage-phoning | starchitect | staycation | stealth tax | Stepford | stress puppy | studentification | subprime | supersize | SWMBO
• T: tanorexic | technology butler | textual harrassment | text-walking | threequel | Timbledon | tmesis | tombstoning | toxic | trifecta | trolleyology | truthiness | twoc
• U: ubersexual
• V: vanillacide | virtual Friday | vlog | voice lift | VoIP | voluntourism
• W: WAG | walking bus | wardrobe malfunction | weaponsofmassdestruction | Webby | web rage | Whovian | WiFi | wiki | wikiality | wilfing | wing walking | Winterval | wordle | wordmark | WOW
• X: xenotransplantation
• Z: zombie | zorbing

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A cock and bull story | Now is the winter of our discontent | Saved by the bell | Below the salt | Local derby | A load of codswallop | Pipe dream | Left in the lurch | The darling buds of May | Pass the buck | Take the Mickey | As pleased as Punch | Hobson's choice | Up the duff | Turn a blind eye | In the offing | As good as gold | The exception that proves the rule | Heavy metal | Rule of thumb | With bated breath | Over the moon | Scot free | The bitter end | Beat a hasty retreat | Hoist by your own petard | Minced oaths | Sleep tight | From sea to shining sea | Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey | Christmas card sayings and phrases | Flavor of the month | The floozie in the jacuzzi | As keen as mustard | Daylight robbery | Between the Devil and the deep blue sea | Cop an attitude | You are what you eat | Be afraid, be very afraid | Push the envelope | Laughing-stock | Whipping boy | High, wide and handsome | A moveable feast | Speak of the devil | If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen | Break a leg | Lame duck | So sue me | Nine days' wonder | Never-never land | Paint the town red | Lock, stock and barrel | Dead ringer | The whole nine yards | Ship-shape and Bristol fashion | Head over heels | Whet your appetite | Shake a leg | Taken aback | Shanks' mare | Go berserk | Heard it through the grapevine | Eat humble pie | Thumbs up | Helter-skelter | Flotsam and jetsam | Knuckle down | Draw a blank | Chock-a-block | Trick or treat | | On your tod | Kick the bucket | Steal one's thunder | As mad as a hatter | Jot or tittle | | Point to point | Port out, starboard home - POSH | Beck and call | Read the riot act | Run amok | Full tilt | Know your onions | Stool pigeon | Spruce-up | Short shrift | True blue | Tell it to the marines | Tuckered out | A sledgehammer to crack a nut | Blue-plate special | Wild goose chase | Aid and abet | Heavens to Murgatroyd | Cooking the books