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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.
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Downpoor
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dounpôr
Sentence: The downturn in the economy has turned many of the uprich into the downpoor. It's a real number bummer.
Etymology: downpour (a heavy rainfall) + poor (lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society)
Nasdeeeek
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: hahz deek
Sentence: the nasdeq wobbled then fell, becoming a nasdeek before lunch
Etymology: nasdeq eeek
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)
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
Doomerology
Created by: rombus
Pronunciation: dume - ur - ahh - logee
Sentence: The science of doomerology is relatively new. It explores the phenomena where people loose their minds because of falling numbers.
Etymology: Doom and Numerology....Doom --make certain of the failure or destruction of Numerology --Numerology is any of many systems, traditions or beliefs in a mystical or esoteric relationship between numbers and physical objects or living things
Doomerology
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: doom er ol ogee
Sentence: The only religion the chicks knew was doomerology. They were born under a number and when the sky did fall down, they would be hit by a number. When your number's up, you are down permanently.
Etymology: Doom(disastrous destiny) & Numerology(the study of the supposed occult influence of numbers on human affairs
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)
