Dougtionary

ěk’ə-nŏm’ĭks noun The science that deals with unrestrained personal spending.

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ěs’krō’ fī’bər noun Something our escrow company clearly has not been getting enough of, causing the transaction not to move along smoothly and resulting in unnecessary delays to our closing date. Real estate roughage.

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dōō’flĭ-kĭt noun Doofus + duplicate. Typically occurs in real estate transactions when buyers or sellers are asked to sign a new copy of the exact same document that they already signed, and the escrow agent can’t explain why it “needs” to be signed again.

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hous-tĭs’ə-pā’shən noun Expectation and excitement related toward the purchase of a house. Typically the time between the initial offer and a signed purchase agreement, and also the time between signed purchase agreement to the close of escrow. It’s even worse than being a child and anticipating Christmas.

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hou-strā’shən noun A disappointing or discouraging feeling that accompanies an experience of being stalled or thwarted when trying to purchase a home.

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fī-nān’shəl klō’zhər noun The act of coming to terms with recent economic conditions and large monetary losses.

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kāsh’kĭt noun A figurative place where the wealth of the United States citizens was buried in 2008.

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kāsh-ās’trə-fē noun A large financial failure or meltdown, either personal, corporate or government.

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sāvĭng sprē noun A brief period of extravagant saving, staying at home and doing nothing. Often followed by an even bigger spending spree than normal, continuing the cycle of excess and lack of control.

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ôr’gən pôn shŏp noun An emerging business due to the collapsing financial markets and massive layoffs, that supports the sale and purchase of human body parts.

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kāsh’ə-klĭz’əm noun A violent economic collapse of the financial markets.

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jĭm krā’mər noun An insane or unpredictable outburst. – Dude, you are annoying. Shut up or you’ll make me pull a Jim Cramer on your ass.

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pī’rō-glĭf’ĭks noun Egyptian symbols that represent fire or explosives. Egyptian symbols that represent a Jim Cramer outburst.

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