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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.
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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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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)
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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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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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)
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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Bankboozle
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: bank boo zl
Sentence: Bankboozle (noun or verb). The bankboozle denied its shifty ways of taking finance to the extreme: purchasing companies that didn't exist, providing discredit and embezzling the rest to their shrwiss accounts.
Etymology: This word is a combination of "bank" and part of the word "bamboozle". Bank means to hold (in this case, one's money or investments) and bamboozle means to hoodwink, deceive or confuse.
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COMMENTS:
I think I've been bankboozled before. Good word. - Mustang, 2009-01-27: 19:42:00
meaning so apparent, easy to say, fun to say, good pun, has originality ... exceptional verbotomy. - silveryaspen, 2009-01-28: 01:44:00
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Fannymayiyesimay
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: ˈfani:meɪ:i:jɛs:i:meɪ
Sentence: As an only child in an adult's body, the 30 year old banking prodigy Gerry Meander loved his job in global finance. Growing up alone meant he got everything he wanted and was self sufficient (if not satisfied). Gerry was quite happy playing with (er..) himself and "Simple Simon said" whatever Gerry demanded. Mother just kept on giving. And, as he became expert in answering his own questions, job self satisfaction was always guaranteed. So much so, Gerry founded his own bank "FannyMayiYesiMay". And it was so, Simple Simon said.
Etymology: Conglomeration of 1 - Fannie Mae: A bust bank and apparent epicenter of a global finance crisis 2 - Mother may I, the response in the playground role-play game "Simple Simon", where one child plays mother and the other children play Simon.
Simonpurelegree
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: sigh-mun-pyoor-leh-gree
Sentence: Once the citizenry realized they had become slaves to an economic system that ultimately only benefitted corporate leaders of banks, they threw off their shackles and exposed the hypocrisy of simonpurelegree. Once convicted and exposed the greedy ones were sent to Guantanomo which was renamed the Simonpurelegrist Mill.
Etymology: From SIMONPURE, an adjective meaning hypocritically virtuous and SIMON LEGREE, the cruel and horrible slavemaster of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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COMMENTS:
I like the creativity in this! - kateinkorea, 2009-01-27: 20:53:00
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Comments:
Verbotomy - 2009-01-27: 00:01:01
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
metrohumanx - 2009-01-27: 15:27:00
Willie Sutton would have thrived in today's fiscally permissive climate.
Verbotomy - 2010-08-11: 00:06:00
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James