Joan Gralla, “Financial Woes Spawn Words Like ‘Chiconomic’” (Reuters, Mar. 26, 2009).
“Chiconomic” is a play on the newly cash-strapped style-conscious, joining similar terms such as “frugalista” and “recessionista,” according to Ben Zimmer, executive producer of the Visual Thesaurus, www.visualthesaurus.com.
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