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Each year, the dictionary adds new words to its collection.  Whether they’ve been used a certain amount of times, or have just entered common language, there’s no limit to the absurdity of what can be included.  Here, we’ll take a look at some of the funniest pop culture sayings that slipped in to the dictionary.

chill pill a notional pill taken to make someone calm
down
chillax calm down and relax
turducken a roast dish consisting of a chicken inside a duck inside a turkey
bargainous costing less than is usual or than might be expected; cheap or relatively cheap
staycation holiday spent in one’s home country
fussbudget a fussy person
vuvuzela long horn blown by fans at soccer matches
national treasure someone/thing regarded as emblematic of a
nation’s cultural heritage
buzzkill a person or thing that has a depressing or dispiriting effect
social media websites and applications used for social networking
microblogging the posting of very short entries on a blog
netbook small light laptop
dictionary attack an attempt to gain illicit access to a computer system by using a very large set of words to generate potential passwords
paywall an arrangement whereby access is restricted to users who have paid to subscribe to a website
freemium a business model, especially on the Internet, whereby basic services are provided free of charge while more advanced features must be paid for
automagically automatically and in a way that seems ingenious, inexplicable, or magical
carbon capture and storage the process of trapping and storing carbon dioxide produced by burning fossil fuels
geoengineering manipulation of environmental processeses in an attempt to counteract the effects of global warming
toxic debt debt which has a high risk of default
deleveraging the process or practice of reducing the level of one’s debt by rapidly selling one’s assets
overleveraged having taken on too much debt
quantitative easing the introduction of new money into the money supply by a central bank
exit strategy a pre-planned means of extricating oneself from a situation
overthink think about (something) too much or for too long
catastrophizing view or present a situation as considerably worse than it actually is
soft skills personal attributes that enable someone to interact effectively and harmoniously with other people
matchy-matchy excessively colour-coordinated
LBD little black dress
frenemy a person with whom one is friendly despite a fundamental dislike or rivalry
cheeseball lacking taste, style, or originality
cool hunter a person whose job it is to make observations or predictions about new styles and trends
hikikomori the abnormal avoidance of social contact, typically by adolescent males (in Japan)
steampunk a genre of science fiction that typically features steam-powered machinery rather than advance technology
tweetup a meeting organized by means of posts on Twitter
bromance a close but non-sexual relationship between two men
wardrobe malfunction an instance of a person accidentally exposing an intimate part of their body as a result of an article of clothing slipping out of position
defriend another term for unfriend (remove someone from a list of friends or contacts on a social networking site)
Interweb the Internet
hater negative person

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     Have you ever wanted something, knew what steps to take to get it, and encountered a roadblock?  These roadblocks for many of us in this instant-gratification world are barriers to information.  As it relates to real estate, we get paid for access and perseverance.  In short if we let phone calls go to voicemail, put off emailing someone back quickly, business is lost forever.

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What do World Cup soccer players and house fraud have in common?  Flopping.  Both are illegal.  In soccer, there are those  who elevate flopping to an artform feigning injury.  It happens in other high profile sports such as basketball ala Manu Ginobli.  The ONLY difference between house “flippers” and “floppers” is simple.  It is fraud and it’s growing more an more.  Floppers re-sell for a profit without disclosing to a seller that there were higher and better offers than the ones the banks accepted.  We are legally required to do so as licensed real estate agents.   continue reading…

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Bank of America is starting to forgive principal when modifying underwater mortgages eligible for the National Homeownership Retention Program (NHRP).  B of A servicers will forgive principal for homeowners who owe “considerably more” on their mortgage than the current value of the home while being considered for the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP).   continue reading…

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Since median values have dropped by 10% from April 2009 to April 2010, this has many considering a “strategic default” on their mortgage.  A strategic default is when homeowners who are upside down on their mortgage purposely stop paying without any legitimate hardship i.e. divorce, job loss, etc.  Some “strategic defaulters” have run up their home equity lines of credit and credit cards then choosing not to pay the mortgage.  Some have strategically bought high ticket items before paying their mortgage.  This is just flat wrong and hurts all of us by squeezing lemon juice into an already festering wound known as the current real estate market.    continue reading…

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