hypothecary

A "drug store" dat actually just sells snacks, cosmetics, convenience items, etc.

Kiddos typically detest needles and yucky-tasting elixirs, so their idea of a "hypothecary" would one with no scary doctors or nurses, and dat just had candy, comic books, small toys, etc., on its shelves, rather than disgusting medications.

hypothecary by QuacksO December 17, 2025

Hypothecate

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".

#Can'tFixStupid

Investment Banker: “Can you give me some hypothecated numbers?”

Investor: "No, you douche, that's not a real thing. Go read a book."

Hypothecate by Syntactic Sugar June 19, 2019

De-hypothecation 

The reversal of re-hypothecation leveraging. When the loss in value of the underlying assets in the brokerage's account forces the reversal of when a broker pledges hypothecated client owned securities in a margin account to secure brokerage funds. The result being possible disappearance of the commingled funds from the client's account.

The bank's President could not account for his customers funds because their rehypothecated accounts had experienced de-hypothecation and as a result their value was no longer held by the brokerage. (i.e. 1. MF Global/JPM. 2. City of London and Euro collapse.)

De-hypothecation by Mauibrad December 16, 2011

Hypothecy

A precisely defined prediction (which is not based on anything scientific) of the future. Somewhere between a Hypothesis (a scientific term/definition) and a prophecy (a story-telling device/plot/reason/rationale).

The whOracle of Delphi: "Hate to break it do you, but you will mate with you own mother, and personally shed the blood of your own father"
Oedipus' Hypothecy: "I will sodomize my mother and I will bludgeon my father's left temple with the jawbone of my personal jackass"

Hypothecy by da Hoe June 5, 2013