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.
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.
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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Kwasi Kwarteng
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.
kwartenged by montyr October 19, 2022
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.
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
Kwarteng by Clyde_en_Marland October 14, 2022
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