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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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Soothdecay
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: sueth/dee/kay
Sentence: Economic soothsayers are the harbingers of soothdecay. A positive outlook and good dollar hygiene is what the world needs now.
Etymology: sooth (reality) + decay + soothsayer + tooth decay
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COMMENTS:
thaths tho funny - petaj, 2009-03-03: 06:53:00
Clever use of a single letter. You can make a dental patient crazy. Just change the d to an m. - GlobalGallery, 2009-03-03: 07:52:00
reminds me of the old saw ... dental floss for the brain! Super sentence. Super word! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-03: 12:11:00
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Fiscalfright
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: FIS-cuhl-fryt
Sentence: James and Julia 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)
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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Direeah
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: d'eye reeeee ah
Sentence: The direr the news the worse the direeah. At least all of those dollars in the matress were useful for something.
Etymology: dire, diarrhoea
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-03: 12:00:00
Slick! In so many ways! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-03: 12:17:00
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Lowsteria
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: loh stee ree ah
Sentence: lowsteria is a much cheaper form of hysteria
Etymology: hysterie, low
Digitdelirium
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: did jit de leer ee um
Sentence: The chicks were all racing around when the numbers started falling down on them. It created digitdelirium and any deaths caused by the falling numbers would have been considered fowl play.
Etymology: Digit (number) & Delirium (state of violent mental agitation; hysteria)
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
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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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)
Armageddonouttahere
Created by: GlobalGallery
Pronunciation: arma-geddon-owta-heer
Sentence: "Wow! you really love baked beans" said Mike as he stared into Percy's full shopping trolley. "There for my bomb shelter up in Dead Man's Canyon" exclaimed Percy, "Next week the three moons of Zarcan will align with the cosmic aura of Xantoras and all who walk the Earth shall perish in the rain of unholy fire, so armageddonouttahere". "Oh" said Mike, "I just thought they were on special".
Etymology: 1.armageddon - catastrophic destruction. 2.I'm out of here - an expression of intent to leave a location.
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COMMENTS:
hehe - galwaywegian, 2009-03-03: 09:09:00
a bit out of this world! (wink/big grin) - silveryaspen, 2009-03-03: 12:19:00
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