screwflation

Screwflation, like its first cousin stagflation, is an expression of a period of slow and uneven economic growth, but, its potential inflationary consequences have an outsized impact on a specific group. The emergence of screwflation hurts just the group that you want to protect — namely, the middle class, a segment of the population that has already spent a decade experiencing an erosion in disposable income and a painful period (at least over the past several years) of lower stock and home prices. Importantly, quantitative easing is designed to lower real interest rates and, at the same time, raise inflation. A lower interest rate policy hurts the savings classes — both the middle class and the elderly. And inflation in the costs of food, energy and everything else consumed (without a concomitant increase in salaries) will screw the average American who doesn’t benefit from QE 2. -- Doug Kass

I am getting one percent interest on my savings. I am a victim of screwflation.

by NotoriousMF June 14, 2011

screwzation

An action that occurs out of the ordinary, usually hinting that your gonna get screwed soon.

"Is Chris gonna get screwed today?" then hearing a loud car horn. "Wow thats a screwzation." Or when you blast teenage wasteland at 6 am and people walk outta their room with their eyes bloodshot.

by noro June 21, 2007

Screwdation

1. The state of being screwed.

2. Having a history of being cheated, bilked, or fooled.

3. Perpetual unfortunateness

Face it, we'll never get out of screwdation.

by trench1b December 31, 2007

screenflation

Being a contraction of "screen time inflation", this slang term "screenflation" refers to the phenomenon where "the behaviour requirement to get more screen time from your parents feels increasingly strict, even though the behaviour requirement to get more screen time from your parents akcually remains the same". This phenomenon typically happens when the amount of screen time you "deserve" increases, even though the behaviour requirement to get each hour of extra screen time from your parents akcually remains the same.

Ever since my parents started tracking my screen time, I've been feeling the effects of "screenflation"—I'm doing the same chores but now it feels like I have to jump through hoops just to earn that extra hour of YouTube time!

by Emotional Cruiser September 26, 2025