Fidangle

The act of tinkering with something to make it work. Usually involving physical manipulation with one's hands (ie, "fidangling").

I tried to fidangle with them there gadget cause she done gave out on me!

by Eziquio C November 16, 2007

financial crisis

(ECONOMICS) a shock to the industrial system caused by massive errors in investment decisions. In essence, financial crises are failures of the capital markets (stock exchanges, etc.) to do their job.

In the lead-up to a financial crisis, money entrusted to capital managers to invest is spent instead on bolstering the plutonomy. Then, when those same capital managers are overleveraged, it becomes obvious that the economy has been producing the wrong stuff; its corporations are therefore worth a lot less than everyone had supposed they were.

Then people sell their shares of stock, causing a liquidity crisis for many firms, which react by firing people and dumping anything of value at reduced prices.

This requires a lot of expensive genius to do well.

While there is little evidence so far that the 2008 financial crisis was engineered by any one perpetrator, the very same economic elites who caused it are now poised to benefit from it by imposing "disaster capitalism."

by Primus Intra Pares July 11, 2010

financial hangover

Far worse than nausea, headaches, vomit stains, battle wounds, dehydration, cramps, gas, the shits, grogginess, toilet hugging or when “the sunlight hits you dead in the eye, like it’s mad you gave half the day to last night.”

Occurs when you wake up and notice you’ve spent a copious amount of money the previous blackout night. Could include leaving your tab open at a bar, or simply losing your wallet like a true inebriated dumbfuckboozer.

Dude, I’ve got the worst hangover. My head is pounding harder than I pounded that slizz last night.

Check your wallet fuckface, I bet your financial hangover’s worse. You bought the entire bar shots of Jack last night.
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Yo, you gotta have the worst financial hangover mankind’s eva seen. You bought multiple fifths, a quap of trees, six pizzas and an STD-free prostitute.

I wish I remember at least one of those purchases, but at least I’m classy and didn’t buy myself the herp.

by Syracuse JOHNSON October 20, 2009

pre-fiance

The stage when two people are in love and plan on getting engaged and married someday but are either too young or not ready to head to that stage yet. This term helps to show that you are at a higher level of commitment than in a normal relationship. This is an engagement without a proposal essentially.

He didn't propose yet, we are just pre-fiances for now, but he'll propose eventually.

by bbwdd June 25, 2010

finan

To swing into climactic end-of-times orgasms when a minor weather event occurs, including but not limited to panicking a community with portents of floods, avalanches, and tsunamis when 2 drops of water hit the earth. Attributed to weatherman Mark Finan of KCRA news of Sacramento, California.

My mom went Finan and left 7 messages on my machine when she heard it was raining downtown.

by Termite February 22, 2005

Financial Incontinence

1. A propensity to piss money away

2. lacking in financial moderation or self-control

3. unable to retain or manage ones finances

4. Financial Incontinence is the primary symptom of Pecuniary Tract Disorder (PTD)

Q: Why am I always broke?
A: Because you’re financially incontinent.

Americas is 14 Trillion dollar debt due to epic financial incontinence

by pasmarticus August 20, 2011

financial escape velocity

It occurs when income earned from your investments is consistently greater than your spending, allowing you to live off of your savings indefinitely.

I'll retire once I've achieved financial escape velocity.

by trapclap January 3, 2015