Verboticism: Loanarranger
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.
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Baringesse
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: BAIR-ing-JES
Sentence: After the baringesse of his personal banker and his financial planner, Bob's life became downgraded to standard and poor. Furthermore, upon finding out that OED. had redefined "Profit" as an archaic word no longer in use; and that his key banker was living in luxury in the Virgin Islands, the term "instutionalised investor" repercussioned in his head.
Etymology: Formed from BARING: Speculative trading on Singapore's International Monetary Exchange caused the spectacular collapse of Barings Bank, the United Kingdom's oldest investment bank. Barings bank was founded in 1762 by John and Francis Baring & LARGESSE: generous bestowal of gifts. 2. the gift or gifts, as of money, so bestowed.
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COMMENTS:
World Class sentence and word. - silveryaspen, 2009-01-27: 10:03:00
terrific - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-27: 10:18:00
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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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Perfundory
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: per-fun-dor-e
Sentence: Kimberly wasn't concerned about the perfundory attitude of bankers because she kept all her dollars stuffed into a mattress locked inside her panic room. In her words: "my funds are not some fat cat's fundough to shape into a golden parachute!"
Etymology: Perfunctory (with little care) + Fund (reserve of money)
Dinvestor
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: din - vest - or
Sentence: Margery began to suspect that her bank had become a dinvestor instead of an investor of her funds. Lately, she was growing suspicious that either they were incompetent or that they were siphoning off funds and worried that her money might disappear. There were an increasing number of expensive cars in the parking lot but the property was looking a bit unkempt. She had also stopped receiving statements lately....hmmmm
Etymology: Divest + Investor >>> Divest (In finance and economics, divestment or divestiture is the reduction of some kind of asset for either financial goals or ethical objectives. A divestment is the opposite of an investment) Investor (A person who invests money in order to make a profit)
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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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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Cashrupter
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: cash-rup-ter
Sentence: Trust us, Miss Pennyworthy at our bank, we promise to cashrupter all of your money very carefully.
Etymology: Cash - Money. Rupt(er)- Taken in part of bank "rupt"cy. Rupter...one who helps a person become bankrupt. :o)
Bankrapecy
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bangkrāp(t)sē
Sentence: The punishment for bankrapecy is a million dollars less in bonuses. Bad, bad banker! Take that you naughty person!
Etymology: bankruptcy (declared in law unable to pay outstanding debts) + rape (the crime of forcing another person to have sexual intercourse without their consent)
Bankrapers
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: bank rape ers
Sentence: As CEO (Cheat Em Officer) of the bank, the first disorder of business was to set my salary at a million of your invested dollars, per year. Of course, each bored member voted the same for themselves. Knowing loans made, would never be repaid, we voted to lend all our business buzzard friends, millions more, so they could carrion their extravagant lifestyles and hide their rotting businesses. The rest of your money, we sinvested in the worthless stock of these business buzzards' companies. For screwing you out of your money, and screwing the government out of billions more, we have become known as the biggest bankrapers in history!
Etymology: BANK, RAPE. Also a word play on bank robbers. BANK - business offering financial services: a business that KEEPS MONEY for individual people or companies, exchanges currencies, makes loans, and offers other financial services. RAPE - violent abusive destructive treatment.
Mortgouge
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mor gowj
Sentence: Remember the good old days, when a bank was synonymous with fidelity, trust, credit? Now they only pay you interest when they want to lien on you. They mortgouge your soul and make you do a balancing act everyday. They venture your hard-earned money and sell it into bondage. They make an asset out of you and me and you can take that to the bank.
Etymology: Mortgage (a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan; put up as security or collateral) & Gouge (obtain by coercion or intimidation)
