" propensity "

 [ "propensity" ]

1: A tendency or likeliness. Normally used by elitest douche bags when they are trying to assert and display their superior intellect.

  * e.g.,  ... "I know your propensity for acting like a total douche bag." 

 [ "Propensity to get Laid" ]

1: The statiscal probability of having sex in a given situaltion.

  * e.g.,  ... Attending Reed College will increase my propensity to get laid, while attending The Citadel will decrease said propenisty. 

 [ "marginal propensity to consume " ]

1: *noun*; in Keynesian economics, the rate at which aggregate consumption rises in response to a rise in national income.

  * e.g.,  ... Not only is the marginal propensity to consume weaker in a wealthy community, but, owing to its accumulation of capital being already larger, the opportunities for further investment are less attractive... 

 [ "marginal propensity to consume " ]

2: For example, suppose the marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is 0.9 If the national income is 100 billion dollars, and it rises 10%, then consumption will rise by 5 billion, and saving will rise by 0.5 billion.

  * e.g.,  ... J.M. Keynes, *The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money* (1936), Ch.3 

 [ "marginal propensity to consume " ]

3: If this theory is correct, then an expanding economy will suffer insufficient demand for its own output, and a recession will be inevitable.

 [ "marginal propensity to consume " ]

4: This is why national governments respond to recessions with deficit spending: they are trying to counteract the MPC's effect on aggregate demand, and bring it in line with potential output.

 [ "Asian Propensity to Cluster" ]

1: The Asian Propensity to Cluster (APC) refers to the tendency for people of Asian descent to gather in large groups. This is particularly true for Asians experiencing a move to a new social setting, such as college or high school.

  * e.g.,  ... Yeah, the Asian Propensity to Cluster is always in full effect at freshman orientation. 

 [ "Propensity to Bang Douchebags (PBD)" ]

1: The natural inclination of certain members of the female gender to have sex with terrible dudes.

  * e.g.,  ... Although there are a lot of hot birds in this bar, the Propensity to Bang Douchebags (PBD) is through the roof. We need to skate out of here immediately.