新词新译：隐性失业/脑抽/A型城市/相亲消费券/救人网店/同人社团/露脐装/过渡引用/普适计算

隐性失业
recessive unemployment, sub-unemployment
It is the phenomenon when workers are underpaid, given unpaid vacation and welfare packages are trimmed because of the economic downturn. It also refers to showbiz artists whose income suffers when their appearances in well-paying commercials are cut due to the crisis.

脑抽
brain spasm
It is a rude expression used by young Netizens to describe a person who acts or speaks in an insane way as if he or she is suffering from cerebral spasms.

A型城市
type-A metropolis
The term refers to boom cities where many people live at a fast pace and work under great pressure. The term is derived from the theory that tends to divide personalities into type A and B. Type A people are said to be arrogant and irritable, eager for quick success.

相亲消费券
blind-dating coupon
Dating agencies distribute these coupons for singles, regardless of age, profession or where they live. The coupons can be used to pay for entrance tickets to blind date parties.

救人网店
online redeeming service
This term refers to newly established online services designed specifically to dissuade people from conducting illegal pyramid sales. The owner of one such service, who’s based in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, charges 10,000 yuan (US$1,464) for “redeeming” a person from the pyramid sales business.

同人社团
circle
The term, derived from the Japanese word “doujin,?refers to a group of people or friends who share an interest, activity, hobbies or achievements. They will recreate comics, games, music videos or radio plays without any commercial result. The term is popular among comics fans.

露脐装
bare midriff
Many young women these days like to wear midriff baring shirts, short skirts and low-slung trousers. They do so because they believe it's pretty and fashionable.

过渡引用
overquote
This term is often used by some academicians as a euphemism for plagiarizing other people's academic works. It's now also cited by some Netizens to satirize such reprehensible behavior.

普适计算
ubicomp
It means a computing model in which information technology is pervasively and seamlessly integrated into the objects and activities that people use in their daily lives.

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