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stagflation 

(n.) A period characterized by high inflation and stagnated economic growth. Ability to use this word in a sentence inevitably labels you an economist, and therefore a nerd.
"... and this decade unfortunately showed us a period of stagflation ..."
"NERD!!"
stagflation by The Snailfather November 13, 2005
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Swear to god fool
Adam : Jimmy done shit on the rug again.

Joe : you serious??
Adam : stgf
stgf by HxC_Badger November 22, 2019

stagflation 

The state of being economically fucked.

Unemployment is high, and so is inflation. Increasing economic production will reduce unemployment, BUT push inflation even higher. Reducing economic production will reduce inflation, but put more people out of work.
What am I supposed to do about this stagflation?

I dunno. Damned if you do, damned if you don't, really.
stagflation by terriflick November 3, 2010
The origin of Stggs traces all the back to the earliest of civilizations, and was used frequently until the late 1700's, where it suddenly disappeared, laying dormant, only to re-arise sometime mid 2010.

1. Stggs (Pronounced 'St-ig-s') ;Latin; v,
"When one Stggs." "The act, or process of Stggs."

2. Stggs; n, "When one is angry, or jealous, one Stggs." "A nervous reaction to something results in Stggs."

3. Stggs; p, "A color that one turns after Stggs has occurred." "All beings can be traced back to Stggs."

4. Stgggs; v. An exaggerated annunciation of Stggs, usually spoken after one has already Stggs. Most often used by young children, and angry sailors.
Stggsers Gonna Stggs.
Stggs by E - 74 July 20, 2010
Struggling to give a fuck. An appropriate response to information about which the sharer feels you ought to care, but about which you could not care less.
"My friend texted me today that, since her baby is a few months old now, she's switching to cloth diapers. I had to restrain myself from replying 'stgaf.'"
stgaf by cannocchiale December 26, 2013

Hyper Stagflation 

A period of extremely slow economic growth, if any, and extremely high unemployment, while prices continue to rise, all of which are above normal crises levels.
If Obama continues to print and spend fiat money (regardless of the deficit) and that money permeates the economy and does not create jobs, we will eventually experience hyper stagflation.