day, so tune in next Tuesday. "To tune in" to a TV show is to watch it. What the fuck is going on, Howard? A very crude but common way of asking a person what is happening. Howard, what the hell are you doing?! Have you flipped? If somebody "flips," they have gone crazy. Go to standby. In this context, "standby" refers to the blank screen with a small printed message that TV stations will broadcast if they find themselves in an emergency, without anything else that they can use. As UBS tries to recover from Howard’s announcement, Diana searches for "angry" shows, while Max tries to save the news division from Hackett. Lou, can’t we clear out that downstairs lobby? "To clear out" a building is usually to remove the people in it. Every TV station and wire service. News organizations, like Reuters and UPS, that sell new stories to newspapers and TV and radio stations. We had to abort the show; what else could we do? "Abort" is a powerful verb which means to cancel, stop or kill, before a natural ending, and usually because of sudden trouble that develops. So far over 900 fucking phone calls complaining about the foul language! A truly great line: "Fucking" is a very vulgar and common adjective that is used to express strong emotion, and "foul language" refers to vulgar words like shit and fuck. Tell them to go fuck themselves! Note that beyond "fuck you," a person can say the same thing to people they are not directly speaking to! They’re all going to lead with it. "To lead" with a story is to make it the first story on the news. We got a stockholders meeting tomorrow at which we’re going to announce the restructuring of management plan. A "stockholders meeting" is the annual meeting where all investors (stockowners) in the company are told how it is doing. "To restructure" is a popular word in business meaning to reorganize a company. I don’t want this grotesque incident to interfere with that. "Grotesque" is a powerful adjective meaning disgusting or horrible. An "incident" is a single event or interesting story. You, Max, better have some answers for some of those nuts who come to stockholder meetings. In this context, a funny slang word for crazy people. Mr. Beale has been under great personal and professional strain. "Strain" is another word for pressure, or perhaps a state of tension. I’ve had it up to here with your cruddy division and its annual 33 million deficit. If someone says that "they’ve had it up to here," this means they are sick or tired of it. "Cruddy" is a nice little word meaning bad, or of poor quality. A "deficit" is an important business word that refers to the amount of money owed beyond what is available. We’ve got a limo at the freight exit. A "limo" is short for limousine. "Freight"
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