Taxpayer Assisted Recreation Plan. A program that allows incompetent executives of banks, insurance companies and investment firms to live in luxury on public funds while railing against the evils of "socialism".
Thanks to TARP, failed executives can have all the perks formerly enjoyed by successful ones. What a deal!
by WallStreetStrangler June 30, 2009
A specialized injury found often in baseball parks. As the tarp is run out over the field to protect the surface from rain, one of the team trips (or loses a leg), and is covered by the tarp.
by PsychoPuppyDad July 31, 2010
by gokukiller May 01, 2006
TARP (n), an acroynym originally known as the "Troubled Assets Relief Program" in which the US Treasury provided tax dollars to ailing financial institutions without any linked requirements or accountability. Tarp may also be used as a verb, to tarp, which implies an action or activity void of accountability.
by RichM Davis January 11, 2009
by heathen at frightfan November 01, 2009
also known as a "trap" tarp came from misspelling the word trap.
little does the guy in the dark room know that the dick hes grabbing isnt his!
little does the guy in the dark room know that the dick hes grabbing isnt his!
by p.nasty January 12, 2012
by matmo February 10, 2010