{"id":1002,"date":"2010-08-13T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1002"},"modified":"2010-08-13T12:00:04","modified_gmt":"2010-08-13T16:00:04","slug":"squirlvestor-is-my-money-safe-with-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1002","title":{"rendered":"Squirlvestor: Is my money safe with you?"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION:<\/strong> n.<\/em> 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.<\/em> To lend, spend, and mismanage a bank into bankruptcy. <\/p>\n

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VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n

Squirlvestor<\/strong>: \/skwerl-vest-or<\/em>\/ “Why would you give your money to a bank that is a known squirlvestor?”<\/p>\n

“Don’t squirlvestor this company away at a time when the competition is looming!” Etymology:<\/em> squirrel (v. to store stashes for the future, many of which may not be recovered)<\/p>\n

investor (n. a person who arranges finances, often on behalf of others, by placing them in other locations in the hopes of future returns) Created by:<\/em> LiaraTivona.<\/p>\n

Rethievership<\/strong>: \/ri\u00ce\u00b8\u00c4\u201cv\u00c9\u2122rship<\/em>\/ The executives of several financial institutions, Fat Pockets Inc. were upset when their companies were forced into rethievership. They were so stressed that they gave themselves a bonus. They equate it to combat pay. Etymology:<\/em> receivership (the state of being dealt with by an official receiver) + thieve (steal something) Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n

Perfundory<\/strong>: \/per-fun-dor-e<\/em>\/ 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:<\/em> Perfunctory (with little care) + Fund (reserve of money) Created by:<\/em> thegoatisbad.<\/p>\n

Mortgouge<\/strong>: \/mor gowj<\/em>\/ 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:<\/em> 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) Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n

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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. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Squirlvestor: \/skwerl-vest-or\/ “Why would you give your money to a bank … Continue reading Squirlvestor: Is my money safe with you?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[90,83,82,93,84,89,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1002"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1002\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}