A business term used to describe how a free-market economy balances itself after extreme events run their course like a rising stocks after a recession or the real estate bubble burst. The word crossed over into everyday use to similarly describe when one's fortune or luck changes, for bad or good, changing the course of daily life.
BAD:
Bob: Last summer I was was nailing babes left and right. Now that I'm back at college...nothing!
Pete: Ah, well, you're not that attractive or interesting. You just had a lucky streak. You were due for a market correction. Consider yourself forntunate if any girl even talks to you, bro!
GOOD:
Pete: I was just promoted at work! I've been wasting my talents there for WEEKS, but the VP just quit and they promoted me to replace him. Guess I was due for a market correction, huh? How's the girl situation, Bob?
Bob: I hate you.
Bob: Last summer I was was nailing babes left and right. Now that I'm back at college...nothing!
Pete: Ah, well, you're not that attractive or interesting. You just had a lucky streak. You were due for a market correction. Consider yourself forntunate if any girl even talks to you, bro!
GOOD:
Pete: I was just promoted at work! I've been wasting my talents there for WEEKS, but the VP just quit and they promoted me to replace him. Guess I was due for a market correction, huh? How's the girl situation, Bob?
Bob: I hate you.
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Ania didn't know why Jason kept staring at her pants until she looked down and realized that she was marketing tacos.
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past tense: markled
1. The sudden or unexpected loss of income, career or value due to association
2. Tricked or scammed by a narcissist.
verb
present participle: markling
1. the process of losing value due to association
2. the act of scamming or being scammed
past tense: markled
1. The sudden or unexpected loss of income, career or value due to association
2. Tricked or scammed by a narcissist.
verb
present participle: markling
1. the process of losing value due to association
2. the act of scamming or being scammed
1. After reciept of quarterly profit reports, the company realized it had been markled due to an employee's reputation.
2. One can easily be markled when motivated by celebrity or notoriety of another.
2. One can easily be markled when motivated by celebrity or notoriety of another.
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At the networking mixer, Mary the wedding planner got together with Jason the videographer and mentioned to him how trying out some "piggyback marketing" could work out well for both of them.
i.e., "I'll put a link to your website on my site, if you'll put a link to my website on yours."
i.e., "I'll put a link to your website on my site, if you'll put a link to my website on yours."
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The value of these items can rise and fall on a whim, but in the end they have no true value, despite what your monthly Beckett or Wizard guides may lead you to believe.
The value of these items can rise and fall on a whim, but in the end they have no true value, despite what your monthly Beckett or Wizard guides may lead you to believe.
Dow sets all-time high; Blue-chip indicator manages highest close ever, taking out a 6-1/2-year-old record; falling oil is the catalyst; and good news for those holding Tickle Me Elmos in the White Trash Stock Market sector.
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