Word: greedicus
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Dates: during 1994-1994
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Then of course there is the phylum Pre-Greedicus, which is comprised of two classes: Pre-Lawicus and Pre-Biznicus. When you talk to members of this phylum, your conversation with them, not too unlike your conversations with many Harvard students, will often sound something like this...
Conversations with the Pre-Greedicus can often seem like conversations with a persistent detective or investigative reporter: "So, how did you find out about that job?" "Can you give me the official title of that government bureaucrat I saw you schmoozing with yesterday?" "So how much will you be making next year?" "By the way, what's the name of that student you were speaking to yesterday who just got an offer from Morgan Stanley...
Saying goodbye to members of the phylum Pre-Greedicus can be similarly rewarding. Pre-Greedicus are usually the ones to initiate the departure, and they can do so with varying degrees of abruptness and skill. Here are just a few prototypical goodbyes...
...really have to get going. " The virtues of this goodbye technique is that it makes the Pre-Greedicus sound really, really busy. And impressive too. For added zest, Pre-Greedici might tack on another sentence to share with you their important reason for having to run off so quickly...
...Actually, I'm kind of busy right now." This usually comes right after you propose to the Pre-greedicus to do something else (which may actually entail nonproductive movement or conversation). This goodbye is especially useful to Pre-Greedicus because the "right now" qualification personalizes their departure with the slight suggestion that their busy state is only temporary...
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