(Burr-nank-ee, Burr-nank-ee-in)
adjective, verb, Bernanke, Bernankein’
1) Bookworming when decisive action is needed.
2) Not in touch with current realities.
3) An
incompetent person, given an
important task.
1.
You: I’ll go to
the library and see if I can find a book on “how to
put out a fire” then I’ll come back and try to put out the
house fire.
Me: Yeah, go Bernanke it.
2.
You: And that’s the way it is.
Me: You be Bernanke.
2 and 3.
You: I’m on top of that situation.
Me: Don’t be Bernankein’.
3.
You: I’ll let him take charge of that.
Me: Don’t let Bernanke touch nothin’.