(Burr-nank-
ee, Burr-nank-
ee-in)
adjective, verb, Bernanke, Bernankein’
1) Bookworming when decisive action is needed.
2) Not in touch with current realities.
3) An incompetent
person, given an important task.
1.
You: I’ll go to the library and see if I can find a
book on “how to put out a fire” then I’ll come back and try to put out the house fire.
Me: Yeah,
go Bernanke it.
2.
You: And that’
s the way it is.
Me: You be Bernanke.
2 and 3.
You: I’m on top of that situation.
Me: Don’
t be Bernankein’.
3.
You: I’ll let him take charge of that.
Me: Don’
t let Bernanke touch nothin’.