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In the slanguage employed by Hollywood trade paper Daily Variety, studio and network executives are never fired, they "ankle.".


In the slanguage slan·guage  
n.
1. Language marked by the use of slang.

2. Slang peculiar to a group: the slanguage of the street; a glossary of Chicago slanguage.
 employed by Hollywood trade paper Daily Variety, studio and network executives are never fired, they "ankle." The term refers to the part of the body you see when someone walks away and is ambiguous by design. The Hollywood Reporter's Vice President of Content Matthew King Matthew King is a fictional character portrayed by Matt Healy on the soap opera Emmerdale. About Matthew
Ever since the King family arrived in March 2004, Matthew has remained the most calculating and scheming of his dysfunctional clan.
 exited his post at the end of November and Editorial Director Howard Bums left last week. Bums dispensed dis·pense  
v. dis·pensed, dis·pens·ing, dis·pens·es

v.tr.
1. To deal out in parts or portions; distribute. See Synonyms at distribute.

2. To prepare and give out (medicines).

3.
 with any ambiguity Ambiguity
Delphic oracle

ultimate authority in ancient Greece; often speaks in ambiguous terms. [Gk. Hist.: Leach, 305]

Iseult’s vow

pledge to husband has double meaning. [Arth.
 when he addressed his staff a final time. "If I told you this was voluntary, I'd be lying," he said. Both men reported to new Publisher John Kilcullen, who replaced Tony Uphoff on Oct. 10.
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Title Annotation:News & Notes
Author:Russell, Joel
Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
Date:Dec 11, 2006
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