The worldwide financial crisis of the late 2000s that started with widespread the American subprime mortgage defaults and led to the collapse of many overleveraged Wall Street firms such as Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers. The resultant recession has been deep and both monetary and fiscal policy have taken unprecedented steps in order to curtail its negative impact in efforts to prevent the credit markets from freezing and to stimulate spending.
Everyone keeps comparing the Second Great Contraction to the Great Depression, but only time will tell how similar they truly are.
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Get the mega contraction mug.A contraction, unlike most contractions, that can be made into another contraction with a contraction.
Shouldn't + can't = shan't
There for, both the words "shouldn't" and "can't", are contractables.
Shouldn't + can't = shan't
There for, both the words "shouldn't" and "can't", are contractables.
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regular contraction: don't (do not)
triple contraction: couldn't've (could not have)
(ex for reg.) : Don't do that (do not do that)
(ex for triple) : You couldn't've done that (you could not have done that)
triple contraction: couldn't've (could not have)
(ex for reg.) : Don't do that (do not do that)
(ex for triple) : You couldn't've done that (you could not have done that)
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A process by which larger things such as phrases or multiple words become smaller, such as a single word.
A process by which larger things such as phrases or multiple words become smaller, such as a single word.
I combined two existing legitimate words to create a new word with a similar or conjoined meaning. Effective-Applicable Efficable. Contraction of things to become more dense. such as dense meaning or dense information aka Data.
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Driver: God damn it...
Manager: What's wrong?
Driver: It's a Contactless Cunt.
Manager: Damn, what an asshole.
Driver: God damn it...
Manager: What's wrong?
Driver: It's a Contactless Cunt.
Manager: Damn, what an asshole.
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