J BCD's definitions

private equitied

When a company, service, or institution is gutted, hollowed out, or otherwise destroyed after being acquired by private equity — usually through layoffs, cost-cutting, asset stripping, innovative accounting practices, or other forms of short-term profit extraction. A more financially precise version of enshitified.

That hospital was private equitied so hard even the IVs have sponsorships.

I give it six months until it’s private equitied.

Yeah, that was before they got private equitied; you should scan the QR code.

by J BCD October 17, 2025