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Collective noun for Bankrupts?

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  • Dez-Titute
    Dez-Titute Posts: 1,106 Forumite
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    What about a Mess of Bancrupts
    The triumph of hope over experience

    mea culpa mea culpa mea maxima culpa
  • davetrousers
    davetrousers Posts: 5,862 Forumite
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    Bankrupt is an adjective, so really there can't be a noun for a collection of people who are bankrupt.

    But in the spirit of things, I'll suggest a Pack of Bankruptors. Sound a bit like a dinosaur.
    .....

  • Waspeze
    Waspeze Posts: 2,479 Forumite
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    Lol .. thanks Dave .. just got Bankruptosaurus going through my head now :D

    Just out of of interest does that mean i'm wrong when I say I am a Bankrupt .. should I be saying i'm a Bankruptor? :confused:
    :hello:
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  • Sagz_2
    Sagz_2 Posts: 6,251 Forumite
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    A Boracic of Bankrupts :rotfl:
    Some days you're the dog..... most days you're the tree! :D
  • Waspeze
    Waspeze Posts: 2,479 Forumite
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    Lint - Skint .. very good :D:D
    :hello:
    Save a little money each month and at the end of the year you’ll be surprised at how little you have.
    An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind
  • maxmycardagain
    maxmycardagain Posts: 5,853 Forumite
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    better yet

    a collective term for a group of office wallahs with nowt better to do than extract the urine......
  • Dez-Titute
    Dez-Titute Posts: 1,106 Forumite
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    What about a 'Confusion' or better still a 'MUDDLE'

    Count them and wait!
    Count them again after the picture has changed . . .

    This will drive you crazy!

    WHERE DOES THE EXTRA MAN COME FROM? don't ask me; I haven't figured it out yet, that's why I sent it to you.


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    The triumph of hope over experience

    mea culpa mea culpa mea maxima culpa
  • davetrousers
    davetrousers Posts: 5,862 Forumite
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    Waspeze wrote: »
    Just out of of interest does that mean i'm wrong when I say I am a Bankrupt ?

    Technically yes, but I am always getting flamed for correcting people's spelling and grammar, which then other people take great delight in correcting my mistakes!

    I suppose you would say that you have been declared bankrupt.
    .....

  • LilyBart
    LilyBart Posts: 1,171 Forumite
    Ah, but it's a pedant eat pedant world, Davetrousers.
    Waspeze is vindicated by the Concise Oxford Dictionary. It has three definitions of bankrupt, as (1) noun, ie the person, (2) adjective, (3) verb.
    Lily
  • Richard_S
    Richard_S Posts: 4,432 Forumite
    I do believe I've got a reasonable contribution to make to this Thread::D :D

    "a discharge of bankrupts". :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

    Only applies after 12 months obviously, and it's not original; copyright to Sooty if he's still around.:beer: :beer:

    Richard
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