A Scooby snack, Scarlett Johansson’s films and, uh, Crystal Pepsi
A Scooby snack, Scarlett Johansson’s films and, uh, Crystal Pepsi
The Oxford English Dictionary now includes the phrase “Scooby snack,” which means pretty much what every fan of Scooby-Doo thinks it would mean: food given as a reward or inducement, especially either a bite-size treat or a multilayered sandwich.
A blog post by the compilers says the dictionary added about 1,000 words or phrases during the spring quarter, including power couple, ROFL and Goldilocks economy, one that isn’t growing too fast or too slow — or making economists say “ruh-roh.”
has become Hollywood’s highest-grossing actress ever.
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’s. Still, Johansson is just 10th among actors overall, far behind leader
The San Francisco human resources software company is losing about 100 employees, has already replaced its founding CEO, and is negotiating to give investors a bigger stake for a lower price, in a bid to forestall shareholder lawsuits.
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