In showbiz, you don't have to have power to sound like you do. Here are the latest buzzwords that separate the elite from the chaff.
ALL DEEPAK: Full of the New Age psychobabble of celeb guru Deepak Chopra. As in ''After she saw that feng shui master, she got all Deepak on me.''
BABY SUITS: Agents' assistants, 23 and under, who show up at premieres and parties in tailored suits and crisp white shirts -- with their bosses' tickets -- trying to act cool. ''Check out the baby suit trying to impress that porno crasher.''
BIG IDEA: The premise of an event movie, i.e., ''In Independence Day, aliens invade and -- get this! -- we kick their butts!''
CALLBACK DUMP: Waiting until 9 p.m. (PST) to return calls, ensuring you'll reach only voice-mail. ''I've got 20 messages. Lemme do a callback dump, and I'll meet you at Bar Marmont.''
DOING A MOLONEY: Self-destructing -- refers to former CAA agent Jay Moloney, who went public about his personal demons. ''He's falling fast; he's doing a Moloney!''
HTS: Hold to screen. Meaning, we've seen the script, but we'll wait till somebody else makes it into a movie to decide if we'll distribute it. Usually a sign there's trouble with the script, concept, or writer.
MALIBU BARBIE: Starlet with unnaturally high, bulbous implants. ''Check out Malibu Barbie. Her neck's gone.''
MFD: Make the f -- -king deal, as in ''So what if Tom costs $20 or $25 million?! Just MFD already!''
MOVIE JAIL: Where you go after a bad box office turnout. ''Demi needs someone to bail her out of movie jail.''
NEW FLAVOR: A variation on Flavor of the Month. ''Get that guy from Buffy in, he's the new flavor.''
NOFU: Not one for us, as in ''I liked Eszterhas' script, but it's nofu.''
OBVI: Short for obvious. ''It's totally obvi that Sony is going to clean up next summer with Godzilla.''
OPRAH MONEY: Truckloads of cash. ''Brad Pitt is pulling down Oprah money now.''
OTB: Out of the biz. When someone's career flames out. ''Ovitz is so OTB.''
PORNO CRASHERS: A subclass of party crashers, mainly women, who get tramped up and try to worm their way into premieres. ''Ignore that thing in the neon mini, she's just a porno crasher.''
PRADA GIRL: New name for ''D girl'' (a young woman working in development) who totes scripts in her Prada backpack.


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