Financial crisis spurs new words

You've probably heard of frugalista and staycations. But what about chiconomic, bangster and furcation?

Visual Thesaurus has a list. Among its terms:

chiconomic: style-conscious on a budget.

furcation: a polite term for unpaid time off combining furlough and vacation.

crecession: mixing credit crisis and recession to describe the current crisis.

duppie: acronym for depressed urban professional or downwardly mobile urban professional.

bankster: combination of banker and gangster.

From the Future Laboratory:

homeindulging: socializing at home because money is tight.

bleisure: the blurring of work and home time.

From the Double-Tongued Dictionary:

grayfield: a failing mall

innerpreneur: an entrepreneur who is working for the sole purpose of personal growth.

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