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.
by Tenacious Faulker August 21, 2009
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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.
by Mike Payne March 24, 2008
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by grandpajack March 4, 2023
Get the Mistaketh to maketh mug.A cost effective marketing strategy where two or more companies represent the other firm's non-competing product in various promotions or through referrals.
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."
by ZonaCat Hansen October 29, 2010
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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.
by Munkerson November 17, 2006
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2. A common term for the items outside of charity bins.
3. A store where you can take items free of charge (they usually ask that you leave something you no longer need behind.)
2. A common term for the items outside of charity bins.
3. A store where you can take items free of charge (they usually ask that you leave something you no longer need behind.)
1. Socialists tend to laude free market economies.
2. I found this awesome chair at the free market by Salvation Army.
3. I dropped some old pots and pans off at the free market.
2. I found this awesome chair at the free market by Salvation Army.
3. I dropped some old pots and pans off at the free market.
by 123isme October 14, 2012
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Proper designation for a spouse who, during your absence, conveniently receives too many questionable visitors in your marital home, especially during sleeping hours.
Proper designation for a spouse who, during your absence, conveniently receives too many questionable visitors in your marital home, especially during sleeping hours.
According to a witness account close to the Defendant, Amber Turd received more than 30 late-night visitors to the Plaintiff's penthouse when the Plaintiff was away or out of town. What an overused flappy fish market she really is!
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