新词新译 #200 碳信用 carbon credit

碳信用
carbon credit
The term, also known as carbon right, is a measuring unit of emissions in the carbon trading market. Nations or enterprises earn such credits by lifting efficiency of energy utilization and reducing pollution to cut carbon emissions under conditions sanctioned by the United Nations.

网游寡妇
online gamer widow
The term refers to women whose husbands are addicted to online games, paying much more attention to them than their spouses. A court in Beijing has revealed that 20 out of 100 divorce cases it handled in 1980s-generation couples were triggered by Internet addicts.

驳样
copy
The term, “copy” in its literal meaning, usually refers to grassroots tailors’ mimicking of certain designer clothes or shoes. Such behavior offers an alternative for fashion-goers to stay trendy without burning a hole in their pockets buying genuine brands.

老板键
boss key
The term refers to certain short-cut settings of some software which allow users to minimize or hide the software that they don’t want their bosses to see they’re using during office hours. By pressing the “Boss Key,” the software, most likely online chatting software or games, will disappear from computer screens immediately.

迎臂效应
Yes In My Backyard, YIMBY
The phrase/abbreviation is used to describe a person who supports a plan to build something near to where they live because, for a variety of reasons, they feel it could be beneficial to the surrounding community. The opposite is called NIMBYs — not in my backyard.

打桩模子
scalper
The word from old Shanghai dialect suddenly reappears as a buzzword after stand-up comedian Zhou Libo did vivid character impersonations in his popular comedy shows. Scalpers sell tickets of concerts and performances, coupons of shopping malls and exchange foreign currency.

已故名人
deleb
The word is short for “dead celebrity.” Forbes magazine has released its annual list of the Top-Earning Dead Celebrities. The ranking put Yves Saint Laurent at the top, and Michael Jackson came third. The income of these delebs proves the truth of the old saying -- sometimes death really can be a good career move.

光替
lighting stand-in
The term refers to people who substitute for big stars, leading actors or actresses during movie shoots by standing still for lighting tests in preparation for sequence filming.

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