Gumba Gumba's definitions

liquid assets

(n.) Assets owned by a person or organisation that can quickly be redeemed for cash (This also includes cash and bank balance).

Debtors do not count as liquid assets because there is no garuantee that cash can be recieved from the.

by Gumba Gumba May 13, 2004

Big City Player

(n.) An upper-middle class person, increasingly becoming female, although still vastly male, that is involved with huge monetary transactions and is known to frequent wine bars.

A big city player in his vintage Ferrari Daytona.

by Gumba Gumba May 13, 2004

collective bargaining

(v.) To have negotiations between employer and many employees in order to come to some sort of arrangement on changes to the conditions of employment. the idea is that both parties come to fair agreement.

The result of collective bargaining procedures is a collective agreement

by Gumba Gumba May 13, 2004

devaluation

(n.) A sudden drop in price due to the decision of a superior. Not to be confused with depreciation.

The dollar took another devaluation against the pound and euro today. Pretty soon it'll be back to 1950's standards and we can buy shit in cheaply.

by Gumba Gumba May 13, 2004

Hitlerian

(n.) An Idea born of Hitler, or an action triggered by him.

The hitlerian forces attacked Europe.

by Gumba Gumba May 13, 2004

fence-sitter

(n.) One who is afraid to have an opinion, and rather, simply points out the flaws of what everyone else is saying. Dislikeable to all. The exceptions are those fence-sitters that really don't give a shit and make fun of everything, who are liked by all.

A political moderate or an agnostic

by Gumba Gumba May 13, 2004

paradise city

(n.) Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty.

Take me down
To the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
Take me home
(oh, won't you please take me home) x2

Just a' urchin livin' under the street
I'm a hard case that's tough to beat
I'm your charity case
So buy me somethin' to eat
I'll pay you at another time
Take it to the end of the line

Ragz to richez or so they say
Ya gotta-keep pushin' for the fortune and fame
It's all a gamble when it's just a game
Ya treat it like a capital crime
Everybody's doin' their time

Take me down
To the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
Oh wont you please take me home, yeah

Take me down
To the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
Take me home

Strapped in the chair of the city's gas chamber
Why I'm here I can't quite remember
The surgeon general says it's hazardous to breathe
I'd have another cigarette but I can't see
Tell me who you're gonna believe

Take me down
To the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
Take me home, yeah

Take me down
To the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
Oh wont you please take me home, yeah!

So far away
So far away
So far away
So far away

Captain America's been torn apart
Now he's a court jester with a broken heart
He said-
Turn me around and take me back to the start
I must be losin' my mind-
"Are you blind?"
I've seen it all a million times

Take me down
To the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
Take me home, yeah

Take me down
To the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
Oh won't you please take me home

Take me down
To the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
Take me home, yeah

Take me down
To the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
Oh wont you please take me home, home

I wanna go
I wanna go
Oh wont you please take me home
I wanna see
I wanna see
Oh won't you please take me home

Take me down
To the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
Take me home, yeah

Take me down
To the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
Oh, won't you please take me home, yeah

Take me down
Take me down
Oh won't you please take me home
I wanna see
I wanna see
Oh won't you please take me home

I wanna see
I wanna see
Take me home

Take me down
To the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
Take me home, yeah

Take me down
To the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
OH, won't you please take me home, yeah

Take me down
I wanna go
Oh won't you please take me home

by Gumba Gumba May 13, 2004