• 22 Aug 2007 at 11:34 AM
  • China

Maria Bartiromo Incorporated Into Chinese Lexicon

By John Carney

maria red.jpg The population of China, unable to describe what was going on between Maria Bartiromo and Todd Thomson during their trysts to the Far East, decided to modernize its language.
Respectful of Maria’s status as the Money Honey, Maria and Todd were officially branded “ban tang fu qi” or a “semi-honey couple.” The phrase denotes young, married professionals who live in separate homes or go on long trans-continental flights with one another.
Chinese authorities were pretty pissed when they found out Maria and Todd weren’t married, and no one has the heart to tell the CPC how old the two are (if they ever want to be seen again).
“Semi-honey couple” is just one of the 171 new terms added to the national language registry in China, designed to reflect modern work and life situations. One of the terms added, “fang nu,” literally translates into “house slaves,” and refers to young people struggling to pay off home-loans. A culturally ingrained stigma is one way to prevent a subprime crisis.
Another term, “duan bei,” literally means “brokeback” and refers to male homosexuals. That’s where the Ang Lee movie title comes from, although going from urban slang in Shanghai to cowboys in Wyoming is a pretty significant leap.
“Ding chong jia ting” was officially registered and means “DINKS with pets.” A DINK is an acronym for “double income no kids.” The term refers to an increasing number of married professionals in China who choose a pet over having a child.
Modern marriage, mortgages enter Chinese lexicon [Reuters]

Comments (7)

  1. 1
    Posted by Todd Thomson | August 22, 2007 at 11:40 AM

    Man, I banged that WOP bitches badonkadonk all the way from China to the gold old USA!! She took it like a champ and begged me for more. Sure I lost my job and family but it was worth it!!!!!!

  2. 2
    Posted by de Cosmos | August 22, 2007 at 11:59 AM

    http://www.joeyramone.com/mp3s/mariabartiromo.wma

  3. 3
    Posted by Morning, Wood! | August 22, 2007 at 12:05 PM

    I’d say you just pasted a 3 day old Reuters story, but then you got that pic of Blowjob Bartiromo looking up with her mouth open…and it’s all good.

  4. 4
    Posted by Brian Van | August 22, 2007 at 12:20 PM

    Morning, Wood! – the question is, who’s she about to blow? A very tall dude, I’d guess. Someone in the NBA, perhaps?
    I came in here to say something smart-alecky about modern society, pets, babies, married couples, and China, but I can’t tie it together. Someone please help me come up with an offensive culture joke. It’s bothering me. Coherent thoughts include: Child labor, human rights violations, Michael Vick, dog meat in the fried dumplings, 1,000 dead babies in a pit, sad people who have only pictures of their pets in their cubicles, denial of sex between married couples, and the trade deficit.

  5. 5
    Posted by iops | August 22, 2007 at 1:18 PM

    Brian,
    Don’t forget about all those lead based chinese products and reused chopsticks!

  6. 6
    Posted by Anonymous | August 22, 2007 at 2:27 PM

    What’s Chinese for “I want Becky Jarvis to be the mother of my children”?

  7. 7
    Posted by Johny Banker | August 22, 2007 at 2:51 PM

    Wang Ba Dah!…… find out what it means… chinese, very useful phrase… and no I am not chinese…

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