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shecession

(名詞/可數) 大多影響或衝擊到女性的經濟衰退。這個字是由 she (她) + recession (衰退) 拼綴而成。

引句：
One of the unique aspects of the current recession is the way it's impacting women: though men are more likely to die of Covid-19, the pandemic's toll on employment is heavier for women. While the 1970s marked the start of "mancession" periods in industries like construction, the current "shecession" is heavily affecting sectors like hospitality and retail.
[www.bbc.com/worklife, 27 October 2020]

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green swan

(名詞/可數) 綠天鵝 － 非常嚴重的事件，尤指由氣候變遷效應所引起、造成全球金融市場中斷的事件。

Cf. black swan：黑天鵝 － 是指極不可能發生、因而易被忽略，但實際上卻又發生的事件，也就是比較不可測的風險。

引句：
The green swan is different: it graphically describes the sense of urgency now evident in banking boardrooms about global warming, the dire state of the planet and the consequent effects on the finance sector.
[climatenewsnetwork.net, 1 January 2020]

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adaptability quotient

(名詞/可數) 適應商數 (AQ) － 某人或他們上班的公司順應變化並保持成功的能力。

引句：
If you want a competitive advantage right now (and admit it, who isn’t feeling insecure about work?), what you need is not a high IQ, or EQ, but AQ – “adaptability quotient”. How to improve adaptability is one of the most common questions business coaches are being asked. You can start, says the executive coach Dr Sally Ann Law, by “observing how others do things and being open-minded about their way being better than yours”.
[Sunday Times, 21 June 2020]

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revenge spending

(名詞/不可數) 報復性消費 － 在一段頗長的時間無法消費、不能消費或不被允許消費之後所出現的異於往常的大肆消費、瘋狂消費或不合理消費的行徑。

引句：
The burst of sales has created a new retail term for the post-lockdown rebound: “revenge spending.” The idea is that consumers were shopping starved during their quarantine and are overcompensating by splurging more than usual.
[cnbc.com, 13 May 2020]

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micro-scheduling

(名詞/不可數) 微排程 － 每分鐘都有活動規劃的行程安排。引句中提到，微軟創辦人比爾‧蓋茲 (Bill Gates) 以及特斯拉創辦人伊隆‧馬斯克 (Elon Musk) 都是以五分鐘為一個單位來規劃行程。

引句：
The CEOs have said it: scheduling meetings, lunch breaks and workouts is no longer enough. To hit peak productivity, micro-scheduling is the best option: in other words, planning every minute of your day, down to checking your phone and making tea. It’s all the rage in Silicon Valley: Bill Gates and Elon Musk both split their days into five-minute chunks. And New York-based entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk reportedly plans his day out to the second.
[standard.co.uk, 21 February 2019]

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homebody economy

(名詞/不可數) 宅經濟。亦叫做 otaku economy。Homebody 和 otaku 分別為英文和日文的「宅男；宅女」)。

引句：
As you get older, you start to realise that having cool, fun New Year’s Eve plans is overrated. And now brands are starting to realise that, too. As part of a larger effort to capitalise on the “homebody economy” — or millennials who prefer to stay at home and spend money on self-care items rather than go out — services such as Netflix and Domino’s Pizza are launching promotional campaigns on Instagram and Twitter explicitly targeted at the stay-at-home crowd.
[www.businesstimes.com.sg, 29 December 2018]

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serial returner

(名詞/可數) 連環或連續退貨者 － 從網路購買許多衣服並在試穿後將其中大部分或全部衣服退還給商家的人 (通常是因為商家允許他們免費試穿和退貨)。

引句：
I have always been a serial returner. I order clothes, try them on and send them back. I am not alone. Now stores, which have attracted consumers with generous pledges of free delivery and returns, have begun to tighten their policies.
[www.theguardian.com, 15 May 2019]

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sleeponomics

(名詞/不可數) 睡眠經濟 － 花在購買有助於睡眠的產品、技術等的金錢。

引句：
The latest commodity we’re being persuaded to invest in is products to help us sleep, fueled by a booming sleeponomics industry in a sleep-deprived South Korea. But while it may seem like we’re getting a lot less shut-eye than we used to in the UK, according to most research we’re not getting any less now than we have done in recent history.
[www.independent.co.uk, 19 September 2018]

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anxiety economy

(名詞/不可數) 焦慮經濟 － 經由生產和銷售減輕焦慮的產品所創造的財富。

引句：
The anxiety economy shows no signs of shrinking, with white noise machines, salt lamps and meditation headbands advertised alongside yoga selfies on Instagram. Aids for anxiety disorders in 2019 are branded like covetable scented candles – scrolling through the products, one starts to think of it as a small but universal ill like dry lips or shaving rash, and one just as easily treated.
[www.theguardian.com, 10 March 2019]

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silver striver

(名詞/可數) 過了正常的退休年齡還繼續工作的人。

引句：
Peter Stanway, 72, is helping to design a block of flats overlooking the zebra crossing that appears on the cover of the Beatles’ Abbey Road. Although he started drawing his state pension at 70, he still works between 30 and 50 hours a week and has no plans to retire until he is 80. Stanway … is part of a new demographic — the silver strivers. These are the baby boomers who, when they reached state pension age, simply kept on working.
[Sunday Times, 11 March 2018]

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