Adjectives
relating to a large company
corporate
hackneyed or boring from much use, not fresh or original
trite
a conditional release of a prisoner serving an indeterminate or unexpired sentence
parole
Germans use "Du" to refer to friends and family, but in more formal situations, resort to this second-person prounoun
Sie
having or showing discernment or good judgment in conduct and especially in speech, prudent
discreet
easily taught, led, or managed
docile
to pay back to someone, repay
reimburse
The shoes employees are required to wear on the warehouse floor sound a lot like these plastic clogs named after a carnivorous reptile
Crocs
without energy, effort, sheen, brilliance, or vitality; dull, mediocre
lackluster
supporting a large amount of freedom for markets, with little government control or spending, and low taxes
neoliberal
the place at which independent and often unrelated systems meet and act on or communicate with each other
interface
From 1949 to 1990, Leipzig was located in this defunct Western European country
German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
not readily noticeable
inconspicuous
by reasonable assumption
a surface appearance of something grown beautiful especially with age or use; an appearance or aura that is derived from association, habit, or established character; a superficial covering or exterior
patina
The lines "Everybody now just must make up their mind. Is money money or isn't money money. Everybody who earns it and spends every day in order to live knows that money is money, anybody who votes it to be gathered in as taxes knows money is not money" were written by this American modernist poet
Gertrude Stein
giving too much attention to formal rules or small details
pedantic
not open to question, indisputable
incontrovertible
an itemized list of goods shipped usually specifying the price and the terms of sale, bill
invoice
David Harvey uses this alliterative term to refer to a style of capitalism that attempts to placate workers with consumer goods in lieu of higher wages or better working conditions
compensatory consumerism