Word: blimpish
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...What is here is professionalization. The stiff challenge of simultaneously upgrading facilities while lowering entrance fees to attract new members in a recessionary economy requires officials of stronger nerves than the blimpish club presidents of yore. Harbinger of the new wave is Andrew Mckenzie, the young chairman of the United Services Recreation Club (USRC). By day, he manages a large construction company and so brings a business brain to the clubhouse, salting his conversation with marketing speak like "strategic partnership" and "image enhancement...