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WORKING WORLD 3/2020 Business Spotlight 11

WORD

WATCHER

hustle porn

“Hustle” is a verb used to talk about someone

moving hurriedly. Add the word “porn” —

which is short for “pornography” — and you’ve

got something much more interesting. “Hustle

porn” is the glorification of the idea that only

those who push themselves to work 24/7 are

successful. On social media, hustle porn takes

the form of posts celebrating such a demand-

ing schedule. However, increasingly, people are

rejecting this idea and consider it bad for one’s

work and well-being.

cakeism

This term comes from the expression “you can’t

have your cake and eat it”. “Cakeism” has re-

cently appeared in news headlines to describe

the behaviour of a person or an organization

that believes they can have all the advantages

of something and none of the disadvantages.

The term has been used to describe certain pol-

iticians’ approach to Brexit. On being called a

“cakeist”, Boris Johnson, prime minister of the

UK, said: “My policy on cake is pro having it and

pro eating it.”

approach

[E(prEUtS]

, Herangehens-

weise; hier: Ein-

stellung

reject sth.

[ri(dZekt]

, etw. ablehnen

schedule

[(Sedju:l]

, Zeitplan;

hier: Tagesablauf

Growth and comfort

do not coexist

COMPARISON

The amount of

chocolate the average

Swiss person eats in

a year

KILOGRAMS

The amount of

chocolate the

average Chinese

person eats in

a year

KILOGRAMS

American

businesswoman

Ginni Rometty, 62

Source:

“Lindt & Sprüngli

Annual Report 2017”

(https://report.lindt-

spruengli.com/17/ar/en)