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* Illustration: Emily Forgot * Queasing n. British slang for "quantitative easing," the UK's policy of printing money to stimulate the economy. The US is doing much the same thing, but Fed chair Ben Bernanke calls it "credit easing"—and so far pundits haven't spun "creasing" into the vernacular.
Predator X n. Paleontologists' name for a recently discovered marine dinosaur with foot-long teeth. Its bite, four times stronger than T. rex's, could have crushed a Hummer.
Greenfinger n. A rogue environmentalist who endangers ecosystems with risky projects aimed at reducing global warming. Proposed schemes include dumping iron filings into the ocean and injecting a chalky substance into the arctic stratosphere.
Grass mud horse n. Wildly popular on YouTube, this mythical, alpaca-like creature was conjured by Chinese citizens to protest Internet censorship. Though the grass mud horse looks innocent, its Chinese name—Cao Ni Ma—sounds like "fuck your mother" in Mandarin.
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