When a company, service, or institution is gutted, hollowed out, or otherwise destroyed after being acquired by private equity — usually through layoffs, cost-cutting, asset stripping, innovative accounting practices, or other forms of short-term profit extraction. A more financially precise version of enshitified.
That hospital was private equitied so hard even the IVs have sponsorships.
I give it six months until it’s private equitied.
Yeah, that was before they got private equitied; you should scan the QR code.
I give it six months until it’s private equitied.
Yeah, that was before they got private equitied; you should scan the QR code.
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A company run by idiots who buy up their favorite childhood companies or important and basic services so that they can bankrupt the company or drive up the prices of the services just to make a quick buck
Person 1: Hey, what happened to Toys R' Us and Sears? Why are ambulances and homes so expensive in the U.S?
Person 2: Private Equity, man. Bought up all those companies and services so that they could ruin them for a few dollars.
Person 2: Private Equity, man. Bought up all those companies and services so that they could ruin them for a few dollars.
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by D.C 123 February 28, 2008
Get the spotlight private mug.A virtualized computing environment that lies within an organization's security perimeter, which takes advantage of virtualization technologies to maximize an organization's hardware utilization.
Sometimes referred to as a private cloud.
Sometimes referred to as a private cloud.
by Jon-R GCS January 5, 2011
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Hey Fred, spark that camberwell carrot.... No man, that old boys a pig Its OK hes the perpetual private, he dont give a shit cos we're wiggers
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When your partner hasn't showered in over a week and you become sexually aroused by their sweaty gym seth, to the point where you uncontrollably lick the f*** out of their armpits, crotch area and sweaty ass.
When your partner hasn't showered in over a week and you become sexually aroused by their sweaty gym seth, to the point where you uncontrollably lick the f*** out of their armpits, crotch area and sweaty ass.
Catching a whiff of their pesky BO and frantically licking their private parts builds your immune system whilst showing
PDA- 'Private Display of Affection' to your significant other.
PDA- 'Private Display of Affection' to your significant other.
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