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A prime year for new business terms

Although the word "subprime" could be found in the dictionary, it wasn't a part of common lexicon until this year. Host Kai Ryssdal talks to Joe Pickett, executive editor of the American Heritage Dictionary, about business terms that came into their own in 2007.

The word 'Subprime' on Dictionary.com (Dictionary.com)

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