Ross Parker » jargon http://www.rossparker.com my personal homepage Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:50:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Emerging jargon http://www.rossparker.com/2009/06/15/emerging-jargon/ http://www.rossparker.com/2009/06/15/emerging-jargon/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:30:46 +0000 Ross http://www.rossparker.com/?p=259 I read an interesting piece in yesterday’s Sunday Times on government use of jargon. So I was amused to come back to work today and find the emergence of a new term in my burgeoning, post-holiday inbox:

phoenixed (verb): the process of having gone into bankruptcy to emerge stronger and more streamlined, e.g. General Motors, Chrysler

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