[mitsubishi]

Think you can invent a new word that describes the modern world? Let's see how many new words we can all add here.
Here's a few to get it going.

Blahbing What sheep would do if they could talk.To express an opinion based on what most people believe without using any independent thought or research.

Madniac Typically a politician,but certainly not limited to politics.A person who believes that by simply repeatedly stating something false and deliberately misleading will make it true.
Example- Bush: ''They hate us for our freedoms''


Stupidification The deliberate dumbing down of the masses in order to limit their rights and freedom.To make critical judgements/form opinions based on irrelevant criteria./prejudices
Example- The way most people vote.

Alerticator An indicator that is believed to be more reliable because so many people follow it and so,arguably,it becomes a self fulfilling prophesy.

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Nerological The emperor Nero fiddled while Rome burned is now thought to be a false rumour.But this is the basis for the word nerological.
A policy to do nothing to solve a problem.In the modern political context,a slogan backed with no actual policy or action.Tony Blair,while in opposition,stated that a Labour government would be ''tough on crime,tough on the causes of crime''.A nerological statement.But his government was actually soft on crime due to the shortage of prison places.
To be tough on the causes of crime would require (i suggest) a very wide ranging set of policies to be introduced and sustained through several governments,both Labour and Conservative,over 2 decades. Leaving aside the fact that 70% of UK laws are made in Brussels,and that the European Court of Human Rights would be a major obstacle,this would require the rich to do their fair share in order to make society fairer- good luck with that.
Blair was the king of the nerological statement. He said that he would march vandals and troublemakers to a cashpoint and force them to pay on the spot fines.He said that there would be a mandatory 5 year jail sentence for anyone caught carrying a knife.Neither of these things happened- not a single instance.In fact there are plenty of offenders who have actually stabbed people and served less than 5 years.

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Dumbleweed A losing trader who is so blinded and confused by the mass of trading information out there,that they end up making ludicrous statements that clearly demonstrate their unsuitability for trading.A person who is incapable of accepting responsibility for their own action/decisions.
Typical statements: ''There is no such thing as a trend'' ''it's impossible for a day trader to make money '' ''This market is too insane/manipulated/illogical for me to make money''

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Egosanct Based on the word sacrosanct which originates from a right of tribunes in ancient Rome not to be harmed physically.In modern usage (i believe) it refers to an idea that is given an almost religious/holy protection status.Eg it would be sacriligeous to challenge something that is considered sacrosanct. Egosanct therefore is an idea/philosophy based on a persons ego based belief,rather than based in reality.This could easily be applied in politics or trading.
An example of an egosanct statement would be George Bush standing on the deck of USS Abraham Lincoln in may 2003 during the war in Iraq announcing that ''the United States has prevailed''
If by ''prevailed'' he meant killed a lot of innocent people then perhaps he was correct.But if he meant won the war,you have to question exactly what has been won /achieved.


Kellyside Based on the suicide of doctor David Kelly,the weapons inspector who was traced as the leak for a news story that the British Government ''sexed up'' the dossier which claimed that Iraq had WMD which could be launched in 45 minutes.Some believe he was murdered,possibly by Iraqi intelligence services.
A kellyside therefore is a suicide committed by a person who believes a government has made their life not worth living/or a person who has died in mysterious circumstances following a character assasination by government agents.

[SIUYA]

found this in my inbox - not really trading related - some definitely are- but topical none the less.
(I particularly liked ignoranus and feel it might get used often on forums )
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The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.

Here are the winners:

1.. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an in definite period of time.

2. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.

3. Intaxicaton: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.

4. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

5. Bozone ( n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.

6 Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.

7. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

8. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

9. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

10. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

11. Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.

12. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.

13. Glibido: All talk and no action.

14. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

15. Arachnoleptic Fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

16. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

17. Caterpallor ( n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.

The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.

And the winners are:

1. Coffee, n. The person upon whom one coughs.

2. Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained.

3. Abdicate, v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.

4 Esplanade, v. To attempt an explanation while drunk.

5. Willy-nilly, adj. Impotent.

6. Negligent, adj. Absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown.

7. Lymph, v. To walk with a lisp.

8. Gargoyle, n. Olive-flavored mouthwash.

9. Flatulence, n. Emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a steamroller.

10. Balderdash, n. A rapidly receding hairline.

11. Testicle, n. A humorous question on an exam.

12. Rectitude, n. The formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.

13. Pokemon, n. A Rastafarian proctologist.

14. Oyster, n. A person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.

15. Frisbeetarianism, n. The belief that, after death, the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.

16. Circumvent, n. An openin in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.

[MissMelissRoths03]

Hahahaha ROTFL. Dumbleweed. I love that - I know way too many of those.

[mitsubishi]

Grexit The possible exit of Greece from the Euro.(from BBC program "Newsnight") Looks like what seemed likely to happen 2 years ago is fast becoming a reality imo.