Word: bling
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...searchers landed on the Apple iPhone page or at AT&T's site; these individuals, like myself, probably just wanted the phone and wondered if it was worth the high cost. And 3% visited a MySpace page from an iPhone query, most likely to show off their bling to their cyber-friends, while 2.8% visited Wikipedia, perhaps having just come out of a cave, wondering what all this iPhone craze was about...
...swan song, it's the iPhone's wizardry--not his--that's stirring up the fevered anticipation usually reserved for a summer blockbuster. Nineteen million Americans say they want the hyper-hip gizmo sight unseen, reports research firm M:Metrics. And that collective clamor is not just about branded bling. It's about a widespread yearning for a better phone, a cooler calling tool that always works, that is easy to use, fun to play with and comes in a stylish, sexy shell...
...about the metal: the exhibits on the lower floor whet your appetite with such everyday items as tools, pottery and fabric used by the societies that crafted the gold. But it's the bling that everyone finds transfixing, and on my visit, sure enough, I began to feel a little hot, a little giddy, a little loco - a classic case of gold fever. www.banrep.gov.co/museo/
...glance in her direction, although it’s a wonder he can see anything, much less your girlfriend’s cheating heart, through his diamond-encrusted sunglasses. Wait a second. Let’s talk about those sunglasses. Literally smothered with ice, they take bling to another level. We see the shades a lot, because the choice of visuals is either that or cleavage. While it’s not the most groundbreaking premise for a music video, recent history has shown that the combination of scantily-clad women and R. Kelly leads to chart success (and occasionally...
...fundamental shift in the way people think about the things they buy," says Chris Sanderson, co-founder of the Future Laboratory, an international brand strategy and trend-forecasting consultancy whose clients include American Express, Morgan Stanley and Veuve Clicquot, "which is taking them out of a period of bling-or-bust spending and into a more reflective and concerned phase of consumption. It's no longer about relaying how fabulous or wealthy or 'arrived' we are. It's not just austerity as an aesthetic. It's as a way of life...