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kwarteng 

kwar·teng VERB

1) to commit a grave error, potentially financial in nature

※This definition can pertain to something that has happened before and stopped or an action currently occurring.

2) to suffer a continuous state of disaster
※This definition should have greater effect if the term is used for a situation arising from an action under definition 1.

Synonyms: 1) blunder, make a mistake, (informal) bugger up, (vulgar) fuck up
2) languish, suffer, be tormented, be tortured, (informal) get screwed over, (vulgar) get fucked over

Derivation:

1) From the surname of Kwasi Kwarteng, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the aftermath of a September 2022 mini-budget widely condemned as erroneous by, among others, the International Monetary Fund and the Bank of England.
2) The same, but more as a result of the apparent rationale for emergency interventions by the Bank of England in the aftermath of the above.
Definition 1: That idiot of a CFO kwartenged the budget, didn't he?
Definition 2: Pension funds would have collapsed within hours had the economy been permitted to kwarteng unimpeded.
kwarteng by bibhutibhushan September 28, 2022
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Kwarteng 

The requisite minimum length of time you must stay in a job before you can add it to your CV.
"Nice to meet you. I don't think I've ever seen you in these hallowed halls before."
"I recently transferred here from risk management downstairs. Tomorrow I will have been here for 1 Kwarteng."
Kwarteng by eryth October 18, 2022
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Kwarteng 

A sharp reversal of value, usually in response to pronouncements of irrational fiscal policies.
A decline in value of a sudden and extreme nature.
"Wow, did you see what happened after that government announcement today? My stocks got completely Kwartenged."
Kwarteng by leonard the lion September 28, 2022

Kwarteng 

A scientific measurement of the shortest possible time between taking up and fucking up a job.
"How long do you think the new guy will last?"
"About 3 Kwartengs."
Kwarteng by Clyde_en_Marland October 14, 2022

Kwasi Kwarteng 

A yes-man that cocked up the british economy

Apparently they don't teach economics in Africa
Kwasi Kwarteng by Liz Truss October 17, 2022

kwartenged 

To be blamed for an error by your boss, so that your boss might protect their own position, even though they were equally culpable. The word was invented after the dismissal of a prominent UK politician, Kwasi Kwarteng who served for 38 days as Chancellor of the Exchequer under Prime Minister Liz Truss.
I can't believe my boss threw me under the bus there, I've been totally kwartenged
kwartenged by montyr October 19, 2022
An faggot ass bitch that is extremely dark aka purple and cannot pull any females.
Damn that men a kwartengo.
kwartengo by Kwartengo September 10, 2018
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