Dictionary for the recession

ManAtHome

lana22 wrote: »

I said it in Tesco as a joke when my boyfriend suggested buying own brand condoms instead of Durex.

Good job it wasn't Asda (though you're too young to remember their adverts...).

Wonder if we'll follow Shakespearean tradition and only refer the former chancellor as "The Scottish Git"

1984ReturnsForReal_2

Protectionism.....

"The ability to ensure ones pockets are lined with silver in the event of a general election loss by sucking up business billionaires"

kabayiri

'Helicopter economics' : a form of quantative easing where flocks of army choppers fly over main urban centres, dropping loose 50 pound notes, freshly printed. The expected response is for the 'citizen' to pick up these notes and walk into the nearest shoe shop/pub/kebab house* and spend their new found fortune.

*delete as appropriate to your lifestyle

kabayiri

'Harmany' : creating discontent by spreading rumours amongst your colleagues whilst your boss is away on some business freebie.

amcluesent

Chillaxing: Chilling out and relaxing after leaving the rat-race following corporate restructuring, enjoying a down-shifted lifestyle with all the family reconnecting with nature on the allotment.

1echidna

There are a few terms clearly derived from science and technology like toxic assets and financial meltdown. As an aside I wonder whther terms like steel, distill, stress, strain etc had technological meanings prior to their use in more general language or vice versa.

Martinslovechild

How about these as a starter for ten:-

• Buy-To-Fret
• The Commodities Supercycle
• Northern Crock
• Definition of Optimism: An investment banker ironing five shirts on a Sunday night
• Merrill Lynched Me
• My other car's a repossession
• I just spent $1,000,000,000,000 on bailouts and all I got was a lousy t-shirt!
• Masked man holding a bank cashier up with a gun. Says: "I don't want any money - I just want you to start lending to each other..."
• What's the difference between an investment banker and a large pizza? A large pizza can feed a family of four.
• I had a cheque returned earlier. "Insufficient Funds"
  Mine or the banks?
• Why didn't the little boy get any pocket money this week?
  Cos his Mum's gone to Iceland!
• What's the difference between Investment Bankers and London Pigeons?
  The Pigeons are still capable of making deposits on new Ferraris
• What do you call 12 investment bankers at the bottom of the ocean?
  A good start.
• Heard about the Bank in Japan that just folded? It's called the Origami Bank

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

kabayiri

From wikipedia :-
'layman' - a person who is a non-expert in a given field of knowledge

From crunchopedia :-
'lehman' - a person who is a non-expert in the specific field of finance

mr.broderick

Sockpuppet -

A Sock is a wonderful thing. It can warm a foot, that's for sure. Better yet, it can become a zillion different critters. Sock puppets are easy to make.

All you need to do is start with a sock.

1. Put the sock on your hand so that your fingers and thumb are in the toe and the back of your wrist is in the heel.

2. To make room for your puppet's mouth, make a slit in the sock between your thumb and fingers.

3. Cut an oval 3 inches across and 5 inches long...make that 2 ovals, one of posterboard or milk bottle plastic-something semi rigid and one of fabric.

4. Glue the fabric oval to the posterboard (rigid) oval with white glue.

5. After the glue has begun to dry, fold them in half the short way.

6. Sew folded oval into your sock. Finally, your puppet can talk.

7. Now the fun begins! What your puppet becomes depends on you. Think eyes, hair, ears, hats, moustaches, beards, eyebrows, noses, collars, neckties, shirts and dresses.

These puppets are fun and extremely loveable. Try Them.

kabayiri

'Sub-prime' : a failed scheme which tried to extend home ownership to poor people by building these homes on the decks of submarines. Once the pitfalls of excessive damp were pointed out these homes became virtually worthless.