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vocabulary
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Are You Smarter Than A New York Times Reader?
Culture Buzz The Times recently published a list of the most looked-up words of 2011. Here are the top 20 — how many of these do you know without having to look them up? Highlight the area below the word for a definition, and share your score.
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Dead Cat Bounce
Business Buzz A rather macabre stock market trading term that refers to a stock’s sudden rise after a huge drop, without any notable reason. It comes from the phrase “Even a dead cat will bounce when dropped from a great height.”, so you can see why everyone’s all talking about dead cats these days. Cuz, you know, that was a huge drop.
