Saturday 7/24/21
Celebrate National Thermal Engineer, Tequilla, Drive-Thru, Cousins, Amelia Earhart, and Day of the Cowboy Day.
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Dictionary.com just announced a huge update with more than 300 new words and revisions of old words.
The additions include Newsworthy things, like "5G", "long COVID", and "domestic terrorism."
Cultural things like: "Deplatform", "minoritize", "side hustle", and "y'all," which somehow wasn't already on Dictionary.com.
Internet lingo like: "Trigger warning," abbreviated to "TW", "content warning," abbreviated to "CW", and "DEI," meaning "diversity, equity, and inclusion." (never encountered any of those)
And just silly stuff like: "Oof", "silver fox", "yeet", "zaddy," which is an attractive man who's also stylish, charming, and self-confident, and "snack," as in a sexy person.
Really excited that it's now in the dictionary. Shitshow. It got honorable mention for the People's Choice 2020 Word of the Year. Oh...and Asshat! (sorry for the swearing)
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Justin Bieber makes history as the youngest solo artist ever to reach 100 career entries on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, notching his milestone 100th on the July 24-dated list as "Stay," with The Kid LAROI, launches at No. 3.
Bieber reaches the mark at 27 years, four months and three weeks of age, spanning from his March 1, 1994, birth to the date of the latest Hot 100. He passes Drake, who tallied his 100th career title on the chart when he was 28 years, 11 months and two weeks old in 2015.
Now in third place, Lil Wayne scored his 100th Hot 100 hit when he was 29 years, five months and three weeks old in 2012.
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It’s no secret that employee-employer tensions about heading back to the workplace are growing. As more employers push to get employees back in-house, the workers themselves are taking a harder stand. An April 2021 survey by FlexJobs found that 60% of women and 52% of men would quit if they weren’t allowed to continue working remotely at least part of the time. Sixty-nine percent of men and 80% of women said that remote work options are among their top considerations when looking for a new job.
The “official” reasons that they don’t want to head back to the workplace are well-documented. They’re more productive. It’s easier to blend work and life when your commute is a walk down the hallway.
But what are some of the unspoken reasons? Fast Company has a great article looking into this. Check it out here.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90655710/the-unspoken-reasons-employees-dont-want-remote-work-to-end?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits
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