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DEFINITION: v. To get freaked out by falling numbers and the prophets of doom who are eternally peddling their message of imminent global collapse. n. A type of mass hysteria created by the fear of falling numbers.
Verboticisms
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Pedoomiary
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: pi/doo/mee/er/ee
Sentence: All the financial analyzers have jumped on the pedoomiary bandwagon.
Etymology: PEDOOMIARY - noun - from PECUNIARY (pertaining to money) + DOOM (adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune)
Nasdeeeek
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: hahz deek
Sentence: the nasdeq wobbled then fell, becoming a nasdeek before lunch
Etymology: nasdeq eeek
Monetaryfied
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mon et tarry fyed
Sentence: Mary, Mary, quite Monetary, How does your portfolio grow? With stocks and bonds and market tides, On a sinking vehicle thast may capsize, No wonder you are so Monetaryfied!
Etymology: Monetary (relating to or involving money) & Terrified (scared, thrown into an intense fear or desperation)
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COMMENTS:
Maryvelous! $uper verbotomy! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-05: 01:40:00
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Precipiteight
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: pre-sip-a-tate
Sentence: Try not to be precipiteight! I know your horse (no.8) had a fall in the race, and the eight ball fell in the pocket, and your superannuation fell 8% this year, but you read too much into these things.
Etymology: precipitation (rain, settling, deposition) + precipitate (rash, hurried) + eight (a number)
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COMMENTS:
clever - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-03: 12:02:00
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Numerophobia
Created by: matkline
Pronunciation: nu-mer-o-pho-bia
Sentence: Ann's numerophobia has gotten so bad that she can't even look at her purse.
Etymology: Numerology + Phobia
Fiscalfright
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: FIS-cuhl-fryt
Sentence: Horace and Bertha had been putting small amounts into their mutual funds for decades and were trying to ride out the current market tumble with some courage and confidence based on their brokers reassurances, but with each passing day and drop in the DJI they have begun to develop severe fiscalfright.
Etymology: Blend of 'fiscal' (of or pertaining to financial matters in general) and 'fright' (sudden and extreme fear; a sudden terror)
Dollarous
Created by: yellowbird
Pronunciation: doll-are-us
Sentence: Jim was so dollarous after reading the financial news and examining his shrunken nest egg that he bought a bugle and, after burying his quarterly statement in his backyard, played Taps over it in the soft winter twilight. The next day his neighbor, an elderly veteran, offered his sympathies and a coupon for ten free music lessons at a nearby shop.
Etymology: dolor(anguish), dollar, and delirious
