For Whom the Bell Trolls's definitions
1. A depressed economy, whether at a personal or national level.
2. The cost-cutting measures taken by a person who is unemployed or underemployed, such as buying cheaper gas or eating at home instead of in restaurants, verb: deconomize
3. Being laid off or having one's income reduced, being 'deconomized', or the act of reducing a labor force through layoffs, plant closures and other draconic cost-cutting measures as a means of saving corporate money
2. The cost-cutting measures taken by a person who is unemployed or underemployed, such as buying cheaper gas or eating at home instead of in restaurants, verb: deconomize
3. Being laid off or having one's income reduced, being 'deconomized', or the act of reducing a labor force through layoffs, plant closures and other draconic cost-cutting measures as a means of saving corporate money
Joe: Hey, how's your job search going?
Schmo: Terrible. No one's hiring in this deconomy
Joe: So how are you holding up financially?
Schmo: We've had to deconomize. We quit eating out and now I put cheap gas in my car. Man, it's been tough ever since XYZ deconomized its entire manufacturing division. Guess they wouldn't have been able to pay the huge CEO bonuses otherwise.
Schmo: Terrible. No one's hiring in this deconomy
Joe: So how are you holding up financially?
Schmo: We've had to deconomize. We quit eating out and now I put cheap gas in my car. Man, it's been tough ever since XYZ deconomized its entire manufacturing division. Guess they wouldn't have been able to pay the huge CEO bonuses otherwise.
by For Whom the Bell Trolls August 18, 2010
Get the Deconomymug. Same as rat dog; a small, usually noisy dog typically weighing less than 10 to 15 pounds. Often capitalized Barking Rat.
Britney: "Oh, how cute! A Mexican Barking Rat!"
Rachel: "No, it's a Chihuahua"
Britney: "Like I said..."
Rachel: "No, it's a Chihuahua"
Britney: "Like I said..."
by For Whom the Bell Trolls June 15, 2006
Get the barking ratmug. 1. A hot, often painful dump that follows a meal of spicy food.
2. A hot, slow and often smelly fart that follows a meal of spicy food.
2. A hot, slow and often smelly fart that follows a meal of spicy food.
Man, that pepperoni and jalapeno pizza was good last night but the afterburner damn sure kicked in this morning!
by For Whom the Bell Trolls November 10, 2008
Get the afterburnermug.