A word smart people use when they mean hypothecate, and a word stupid people who want to look smart (read: Investment Bankers) use when they mean hypothetical.
A classic marker of when you're talking to an idiot who doesn't know it yet; like when people say "pacifically" when they mean "specifically" or "expresso" when they mean "espresso".
(noun): The act or process of postulating and deducing theoretical abstractions and deductions from an empirically-derived foundation.
Adiective:
hypotheoretithetithalistic
Verb: hypotheoretithetithalize
Synonyms: postulation, extrapolation, deduction, theorizing, abstraction, deducing
Antonyms: empirical, concrete, tangible, factual, practical, literal
1. After learning about the hypotheoretithetithalisis of the solar system, the young students were able to better comprehend its complex structure.
2. After carefully studying the hypotheoretithetithalisis of the ocean, the excited children were able to predict the changing tides.