6 definitions by Tulipia Manica
A Ponzie is the central architect of any Ponzi scheme, either historically or one in the present moment.
A Ponzie is similar in some respects to Fonzie (aka the Fonz) from the show "Happy Days" apart from the fact that he isn't called Fonzie, isn't in the show "Happy Days" and is, instead, running a fraudulent system of fictional finance.
A Ponzie is similar in some respects to Fonzie (aka the Fonz) from the show "Happy Days" apart from the fact that he isn't called Fonzie, isn't in the show "Happy Days" and is, instead, running a fraudulent system of fictional finance.
by Tulipia Manica June 23, 2011
The term 'dukes of moral hazard' describes any leaders of organisations who are ultimately sheltered from their risk-taking by being given support from a lender of last resort when everything goes completely wrong.
It may or may not become a TV show satirising contemporary finance where people get into cars through the window as they did in "The Dukes of Hazzard".
It may or may not become a TV show satirising contemporary finance where people get into cars through the window as they did in "The Dukes of Hazzard".
Did you see the Dukes of Moral Hazard last night? They bailed into their cars through the windows again!
by Tulipia Manica June 23, 2011
A gallbraith is a sharp pain in the gall-bladder experienced by somebody reading some of the work of J.K.Galbraith who suddenly realises that what he was saying a long time ago about economic bubbles is still achingly relevant today, thus raising profound questions about the ability of human beings to learn lessons from past experiences.
"Ouch! Brad, I just experienced a massive gallbraith when I realised that contemporary financial innovation involves a debt leveraged against more limited assets, just like it did in the past!"
"Gosh! Hermann, it just occurred to me that one of the problems in the rise of a bubble is that the people who see it coming are treated as imbeciles as a result of the Cassandra effect! What a massive gallbraith!"
Ludovic woke up on 1st October 2007 and had a full-force gallbraith when he realised that everybody was about to start blaming marginal things outside the market for the failures of the market itself.
"Gosh! Hermann, it just occurred to me that one of the problems in the rise of a bubble is that the people who see it coming are treated as imbeciles as a result of the Cassandra effect! What a massive gallbraith!"
Ludovic woke up on 1st October 2007 and had a full-force gallbraith when he realised that everybody was about to start blaming marginal things outside the market for the failures of the market itself.
by Tulipia Manica June 18, 2011
"I have lost my faith in my country's currency. Too much of it has been printed, so it's lost its value. It's a fiathsco."
by Tulipia Manica May 13, 2013
Mourn Hub was the genius appellation given by somebody (it would be interesting to know who originated it) to describe the news channels during the 10 day marathon mournfest concerning Queen Elizabeth's death in September 2022 in the United Kingdom. Mourn Hub was chiefly describing the BBC, whose coverage of everything to do with the death and funeral was ridiculous in terms of total time and the relentless positivity towards the monarchy which many saw as quasi-North Korean.
by Tulipia Manica September 16, 2022
'Malooka' is a word shrouded in mystery. Some sources date it back to the Florentine city state in the 15th century - it figures in graffiti from that era where local political figures and luminaries are often defined as being 'monstrous malookas'.
The word then went very quiet for centuries before suddenly appearing in some of the language used by prospectors during the Australian Gold Rush. Apparently it meant 'word taken from an indigenous language which then becomes a worldwide pop sensation'. So for example, a kylie is a malooka (kylie being Aboriginal for ''boomerang') since it was then adopted by the Minogue parents when they sired their elder chanteuse.
'Malooka' is also used by contemporary British artists who I can't name here as a synonym for 'kit and kaboodle'.
The word then went very quiet for centuries before suddenly appearing in some of the language used by prospectors during the Australian Gold Rush. Apparently it meant 'word taken from an indigenous language which then becomes a worldwide pop sensation'. So for example, a kylie is a malooka (kylie being Aboriginal for ''boomerang') since it was then adopted by the Minogue parents when they sired their elder chanteuse.
'Malooka' is also used by contemporary British artists who I can't name here as a synonym for 'kit and kaboodle'.
I took a malooka from the ancient Etruscan language when I named my daughter 'Clementianaisaana" whcih meant, in Etruscan, 'gilded lily'.
by Tulipia Manica June 17, 2011