- “De-risking” the stock market, a euphemism for “panic selling.”
- A fast-talking ad for “secure flip units.” In this case, “secure” really means “speculative,” and “secure” plus “flip” makes for a nice oxymoron as well.
Category: Humor
Books are like tweets
Books are like tweets, except longer.
Author John Green on Twitter
The only good lawyer is a transaction lawyer
I didn’t say it—a leading corporate law professor did—but I can’t deny that I share the sentiment. Especially when I read articles like this: Litigators ruin pretty much everything – ProfessorBainbridge.com.
Did I mention I’m a transaction lawyer? To quote my favorite New Yorker cartoon: “I am a member of the legal profession, but I’m not a lawyer in the pejorative sense.”