新词句

Thankshallowistmas (n.)

感—万—圣节

万圣节、感恩节和圣诞节合在一起的节日，由Halloween、Thanksgiving和Christmas三个词组合而成，出自美国著名喜剧演员和脱口秀主持人比尔•马赫的《新规则》一书。

Thankshallowistmas - now you only have to gather with your crazy family once a year.

感万圣节——现在你只需要跟疯狂的家人一年团聚一次。

Economic Vegetarian (n.)

经济素食者

指因为买不起肉而吃素的人；Vegetarian表示素食主义者。

He used to be an economic vegetarian but then he got a better job and can afford to buy steak.

他原来是个经济素食者，但是现在他找到了一份更好的工作，也吃得起肉了。

Grandboss (n.)

大老板

指老板的老板。在boss前加上前缀grand-组成；Grand-表示“隔一代的”, 一般为长辈，如grandmother，外祖母。

It was annoying to have to submit a report to my boss and my grandboss.

我得给老板和大老板交报告，真是烦人。

Pre-wasted (adj.)

提前晕菜

指本来打算在晚上海喝之前先小酌一下，结果喝得七荤八素，根本去不了别的酒吧大喝一顿了。前缀pre-表示……之前，wasted在这里表示醉酒的。

Oh man, we all went to Rob's house to just hang out and have a couple beers but Mark was pre-wasted before we even called for a cab.

哦，伙计，我们本来打算就在罗伯酒吧待一会儿，喝了几杯啤酒，结果马克在我们叫车去别的酒吧之前就喝晕菜了。

Thumb Strength (n.)

指力

因为发短信基本上都用大拇指，所以这里指发短信所需要的力气。Thumb是大拇指的意思，。

Forget it, I don't have the thumb strength to text him. Guess I'll just call.

算了吧，我懒得给他发短信，打电话就行了。

Clapathy (n.)

鼓掌厌烦症

由clap和apathy组合而成，clap是鼓掌的意思，而apathy表示漠然、冷淡；整个词的意思是指在音乐会或颁奖典礼上，观众渐渐对鼓掌感到厌倦。

That graduation ceremony was so long, I became clapathetic!

毕业典礼太长了，我都懒得鼓掌了！

I was clapping at the beginning of the song, but I quit when I had clapathy.

歌曲刚开始的时候我鼓掌来着，后来就懒得鼓了。

Echo effect (n.)

回声效应

“回声效应”本来指一种物理现象，在这里指广告语或广告歌曲等变得家喻户晓，融入了日常用语。广告商对此非常热衷。

Echo effect examples: Wendy's Where's the beef? or Miller Beer's I love you man! or Nike's Just do it! These brand slogans reverberated in pop culture and infiltrated our everyday conversations.

“回声效应”例子：温蒂汉堡的“牛肉在哪里？”；米勒啤酒的“我爱你，伙计！”和耐克运动的“放胆做！”，这些广告词融入了流行文化，也融入了日常生活用语当中。

"Mug me" earphones (n.)

招贼耳机

指苹果耳机显眼又招摇的白色挂绳和耳塞，苹果 iPod 音乐播放器常常因此被偷。Mug是打劫的意思。

Unsuprisingly, iPod customers would prefer to be robbed than be seen wearing something less trendy than the trademark mug-me earphone.

没什么好奇怪的，iPod发烧友宁愿被打劫也不愿意被看见没戴着潮流标志“招贼耳机”。

Silent run(n.)

无声挤兑

银行用户在网上从亏损银行大量转出存款；Run在这里是挤兑的意思。

Customers removing cash from troubled banks in a 'silent run' online leaves no clear signs that money is being withdrawn.

客户在线从亏损银行取款的无声挤兑造成了存款未被取走的假象。

Obama Baby (n.)

奥巴马宝宝

指因为庆祝奥巴马当选总统而要的孩子，或者在奥巴马任期内出生的宝宝。

Our son was born November 2008. He's an Obama baby!

我们的儿子是08年11月出生的，他是个奥巴马宝宝!