Comments on: The New American Dictionary of Financial Phrases

By: kitty

kitty — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:48:19 +0000

LOL – this is great, great comments too.

About the only one I can come up with (too late at night…):
old: senior bond holders
new: greedy speculators

SJ — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:09:47 +0000

I lol’d at this one:

Old: This job sucks, I’m out of here…
New: A pay cut is good… not a problem….

Rick Beagle — Wed, 06 May 2009 07:29:56 +0000

I dunno, let me try a few….

Old: Contracted Mercs
New: Criminals

Old: Deficit Spending
New: More Deficit Spending

Old: I can’t afford it… on this card, try this one.
New: What do you mean I’m over my limit, I don’t have a BALANCE?!

Old: Another slacker dropped out from High School….
New: Stay in school.

Old: This job sucks, I’m out of here…
New: A pay cut is good… not a problem….

Old: Drill Baby Drill!
New: Spin Baby Spin! or Shine Baby Shine!

Old: Sure we are willing to swap some blood for oil….
New: F*&^ you OPEC.

Old: Interrogators.
New: War criminals.

Old: Specter (R)
New: Specter (D) …psst, you can have him back!

Old: 401k Millionaire
New: Welcome to Wendy’s! Can I take your order?

Old: Banker cheats.
New: Banker cheats with taxpayer money.

MasterPo — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:31:10 +0000

Old: Transparency
New: We’ll tell you what we think you need to know.

Old: Accountability
New: We can do no wrong.

Old: Vetting candidates
New: Income Tax-what?

Old: Fairness
New: Oh, you’re going to get it now! :-} (<- evil grin)

SJ — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:14:22 +0000

Old: Change!!!
New: (Spare some) Change?

MasterPo — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:20:10 +0000

LOL