[Ads-l] on the WOTY watch--"unicorn" and "unicorn poaching"

[Laurence Horn]

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/19/technology/unicorns-hunt-for-talent-among-silicon-valleys-giants.html

Ben will probably tell us that they've been around for a while, but I do like trying to guess at what someone (like me) who encountered "unicorn poaching" out of the blue would come up with for a meaning (perhaps = the preferred way to prepare unicorns if you're a health-savvy consumer, perhaps with a garlic sriracha dipping sauce).

LH
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