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 | A-list | animatronics | air kiss
- .B
- B2B | back | burner | biopic
- .C
- cannibalize | crackhead | charm offensive | Chelsea tractor | chemtrail
- .D
- dead ringer | deal breaker | dongle don’t (even) go there
- .E
- e-fence | ecobling | empty nester
- .F
- factoid | factory shop | fixer-upper | fence-mending
- .G
- Gitmo | global weirding | green audit
- .H
- haemorrhage (UK), hemorrhage (USA) | hand-me-up | hissy fit
- .I
- industrial-strength | issue - have issues with sb./sth.
- .J
- jargonaut | jingle mail
- .K
- (to) kettle | kick the bucket | kidult
- .L
- ladette | lairy
- .M
- makarapa | makeover | mamil | memristor
- .N
- nail bar | netiquette
- .O
- obamu
- .P
- phat | phishing | panto | peer-to-peer | PPV
- .R
- retrosexual | reverse engineering
- .S
- S.A.D. | salami | slicing | self-tracking | sheload | staycation | sunset industry
- .T
- transumer
- .U
- uptime | ugg
- .V
- V-chip | vuvuzela | voiceprint | vapourware
- .W
- webzine
- .X
- xenotransplantation
Wichtige Fachwörter, Ausdrücke und Redewendungen für das tägliche Business English: In diesem Archiv finden Sie alle bereits erschienenen Beiträge alphabetisch sortiert.
- .1 - 3
- 24/7 | 360 degree feedback
- .A
- ABC | analysis | accountant’s opinion | accrue | achieve ROI, to | acquisition | across the board | activity-based costing (ABC) | advertorial | amortization | ante, to up the | appreciation | appurtenance | arbitrage | arm’s-length principle | asking price | asset stripping
- .B
- B2B | backdating | bail out | Balanced Scorecard (BSC) | ballpark figure | belly up, to go | bid | black hole | black, in the | blow the whistle, to | blue chip | blue-collar workers, white-collar workers | board | bolster | bottleneck | bottom line | brand image | break even, to | breakeven point
- .C
- cartel | cash burn rate | cash flow | casualisation | centre of excellence | charge off | cheap money | cog in the machine / wheel | cold call | collateral | commission | competitive advantage | consultant | core | competence
- .D
- data projector | day-to-day operations | dead cat bounce | deal debenture | debt-to-equity ratio (D/E) | declutter, to | decommission | depreciation | differentiators | diversify | downsizing, to downsize | downtime | due diligence, to carry out
- .E
- environmental analysis | escrow ex works (EXW) | excise tax or excise duty | exit strategy
- .F
- facility management | feasibility study | financial leveraging | fixed cost | flexitime | float | floating interest rates | focus group | foreclosure | fraud, to commit | freemium
- .G
- gap analysis | garden leave | get | globalisation | going concern | goodwill
- .H
- hard look at, to take (a long) | hedge funds | homeshoring | hostile takeover
- .I
- in draft | in the red | incur | indemnity clause | infomania | in-house | intangible assets | intellectual property | internal check | inventory
- .J
- job depth | job description | joint venture | judgment | call | jump through hoops, to
- .K
- keep on task, to | kickback
- .L
- launch | lead time | left field | leverage, to | lien
- .M
- macro environment | management buy out | margin | marginal cost | mission critical | MTBU
- .N
- net worth | non-disclosure agreement (NDA) | nosedive
- .O
- on the same page | onboard, to | open-door policy | outlay | outlook | outsourcing | overdraft
- .P
- paradigm shift
- .Q
- quality driven | quick win
- .R
- raise | rebranding | reimburse | Research and development (R&D) | retailer | role overload | roll out
- .S
- S&P 500 | stakeholder | strategic planning
- .T
- tactical planning | take home pay | tangible assets | telecommuting | think on one’s feet, to | think outside the box, to | thought leader / thought leadership | three hundred and sixty degree feedback | trade union | transfer pricing | transparency | turnaround | two cents worth
- .U
- unconscionability | USP
- .V
- value chain | variable costs | venture | vetting | vision statement
- .W
- white paper | white-shoe firm | windfall | win-win situation | working capital | Works Council | writedown or write down | write-off
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 | aptronym | 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 | flash mob | 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 | phishing | phonathon | plagiarhythm | pluot | pluto | podcasting | 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 | semordnilap | 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 | spim | 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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