Bear Stearns Effect

When individual assets are worth more than the total valuation.

When a group of girls as a whole seem unattractive but when viewed individually, aren't bad.

Opposite of the Cheerleader Effect.

Check out those girls again. We wrote them off before, but I think it's actually the Bear Stearns Effect.

by Sante Fe September 6, 2011

to bear stearns

(verb) to thoroughly, completely, and totally fail at life.

I don't want to bear stearns.

I totally bear stearnsed that exam.

This year was sort of a disaster; it's probably time to stop bear stearnsing!

by bear stearns May 20, 2008