rooster, rookie, root

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rooster : 公雞 === cock
cockerel : 未滿一歲的小公雞

//=== rookie :
菜鳥, 初入行者, 剛入伍者?
第一年打NBA/MLB/NFL/... 的球員
This year, NBA rookies are unlucky.
Because of the lockout, they have no game to play
and no salary ?

The first overall pick/ The first pick overall (選秀狀元)


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root : 根

Where there is root, there is leaf.
Root and leaf rely on each other
just like light and dark.
火 影



[ref]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_first_overall_NBA_draft_picks

RIP

RIP : Rest In Peace
RIP : Routing Information Protocol


rip
(n) 巨浪, 裂痕
(v) 撕開, 切開


[ref]
http://cdict.net/q/rip

Reverse split

"...
A reverse stock split is also called a stock merge
...
A reverse split is the opposite of a stock split.
...
"

stock split 就是把股票分割, 例如一百股變兩百股, 股價就會減半;
reverse split 就是相反, 兩百股變一百股, 股價變兩倍.

Reverse stock split 可能是為了提高股價, 有些雞蛋/水餃股(penny stock)
為了讓股價回升 會採此方法; 也有可能為了集中籌碼 將一些零股(?)洗出來 ...




[ref]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_stock_split