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DEFINITION: n. A bank which pays huge salaries to its executives who bet their customers' money on dumb investments, risky loans, and the inevitable government bail-out. v. To lend, spend, and mismanage a bank into bankruptcy.
Verboticisms
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Shitibank
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: Shit-EEE-Bay-n-k
Sentence: "I just got a job at Shitibank!" exclaimed Joe the plumber as he leapt unknowingly down the stairs to his demise. To the horror of his co-workers and recent ex-coworkers, they wondered if Joe knew he had been laid off before his neck hit the last step?
Etymology: A loan, a dick, and your ass.
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COMMENTS:
Good play on Citibank butt the etymology?? - mweinmann, 2009-01-27: 11:44:00
Great word...you'd think with exorbitant interest they charge they could keep a few more Joe's on staff.. - Nosila, 2009-01-27: 23:20:00
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Growontreepreneur
Created by: GlobalGallery
Pronunciation: grow-on-tree-pren-yer
Sentence: "Thankyou Sir" uttered Manuel as he palmed the wrinkled dollar bill handed to him by the sunburnt banker in the driveway of the country club. "The keys are in your Ferrari, and your golf clubs wouldn't quite fit so I've put them in your wife's Bentley" he said politely. As the Ferrari sped off Manuel wondered if one day he too could be a wealthy growontreepreneur.
Etymology: 1. Money doesn't grow on trees - A phrase used to express the need for financial restraint. 2. entrepreneur - someone who organises a business venture and assumes the risk for it.
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COMMENTS:
An Irony Hit! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-27: 10:08:00
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Investmentbanqueter
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: in/vest/ment/ban/kwet/tur
Sentence: When I was lining up at the soup kitchen I saw the group of investmentbanqueters who had managed my portfolio stepping into a limo to take them to the investmentbanqueting eat all you can buffet.
Etymology: investment banker + banquet
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COMMENTS:
Food for thought! Good one - TJayzz, 2009-01-27: 10:10:00
Well said. Super Word! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-27: 10:22:00
Only BELUGA caviar, please. - metrohumanx, 2009-01-27: 15:25:00
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Fannyabout
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: fan neee ab owt
Sentence: they went from fanny can to fannyabout to fannymaynot in three months.
Etymology: fanny about as in mess about.
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COMMENTS:
WOW! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-27: 10:12:00
fannymay or fannymae??? - mweinmann, 2009-01-27: 11:41:00
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Siphonandbone
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: si/phon/and/bone
Sentence: "Invest your money in Bank of AmERRica's siphonandbone department where our integrity and your investment needs are rarely, if ever considered. We love gambling on already bankrupt companies and insolvent business ventures. Where else are you assured of losing your money? Devest youself today at Bank of AmERRica."
Etymology: SIPHONANDBONE - taken from SAVINGS AND LOAN - SIPHON (to drain, or skim off) + TO BONE (to take advantage of, to cheat, to screw royally)
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COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-27: 10:14:00
funny - mweinmann, 2009-01-27: 11:44:00
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Loanarranger
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: lone ar rayn jer
Sentence: When Mary opened an account at the local bank, she was hoping to borrow enough money to finance a new home. She soon realized that the money she would borrow would cost her five times again as much in interest and that virtually she never would really own her home, in her lifetime. The interest that this loanarranger charged her went towards expensive lifestyles and foolish investment decisions of the bank's executives. She stormed out of the bank manager's office, crying "Goodbye, accrual world!"
Etymology: Loan Arranger (institute/person who lends money at an exhorbitant interest rate) & Wordplay on The Lone Ranger (1950's tv Western series of a lone surviving Texas Ranger who was nursed back to health by the Indian Tonto rides with him, on Silver and Scout, throughout the West, doing good while living off a silver mine which supplies him with income and bullets)
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COMMENTS:
Hi ho silver and gold! - scrabbelicious, 2012-01-13: 07:59:00
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Reelersnstealers
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: REEL ers en STEEL ers
Sentence: At this bank the wheelers and dealers are more like reelersnstealers. They reel you in and then steal from you.
Etymology: WHEELERS and DEALERS: shrewd operators, especially in business REEL: to pull in STEALER: someone who takes something dishonestly
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COMMENTS:
REELY accuRATE! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-27: 01:19:00
Wheely good - TJayzz, 2009-01-27: 10:11:00
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Savingsandgroan
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: sayv-ingz-and-grone
Sentence: What had once been a successful savings and loan institution had, thru poor financial decisions and practices become a savingsandgroan institution and was inflicting a great deal of financial pain on its clients and associates.
Etymology: Blend of savings and groan, a word play on savings and loan.
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COMMENTS:
They got my savings, so now I'm gonna groan! - Nosila, 2009-01-27: 23:18:00
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Bankmananrobbing
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Bank-man-an-robb-ing
Sentence: When Bruce invested his money in the bank he thought it would be as safe as houses, what he didn't realise however was that this particlar bank used the bankmananrobbing method and frittered their customers money away with risky loans and dodgy, and at times illegal investments.
Etymology: Bankman(short for bankmanager) + Robbing(to deprive one person of something to pay another) = Bankmananrobbing
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COMMENTS:
thought you were going for the Batman and Robin connection especially when Bruce is involved. It would work well in your etymology bankmanandrobbin - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-27: 10:17:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
Willie Sutton would have thrived in today's fiscally permissive climate.
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James