Nine Things I Learned in Davos in 2009

Between cocktail parties and wonky lunches, Davos actually made me smarter. Here are the nine big things I learned (and none have anything to do with skiing)

2. Erdogan Is a Verb

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan leaves a debate with Israeli President Shimon Peres the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 29, 2009.

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It didn't take long for Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's headline-making walkout during a panel discussion with Israeli President Shimon Peres to begin inspiring linguistic innovation. Bailing out on a discussion early — even without getting visibly angry about it — became known as an Erdogan (as in, "Steven Schwarzman totally Erdoganned on that lunch"). Let's hope this catches on outside Davos as well.

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