Word smithing
I used to work for an OTC brokerage firm on Wall Street. For those of you that dont know, OTC (Over The Counter) firms were, at the time, primarily populated with gits.

This one guy, we shall call him Barry, because thats his name, was always trying to sound smarter with his clients and we heard him using some hideously wrong words when speaking to his cients on the phone. So we decided to start a game amongst myself and the other managers:

We each made up a word and tried to get him to use it. We all put in $5 and at the end of the week, if noone won, we picked a new word for the following week and put another $5 in. I won several times as for some reason Barry thought I was a smart guy. My words you may ask? And while asking you might also be wondering what definitions he was given for them?

Fartitional - the action of breaking a stock into smaller, more readily consumed pieces.

Gradiationist - a certain type of securities analyst who uses a gyroscope for determining stock values.

Tertientaryan - A person who believes a stock is the third best in its class.

I won almost $100 playing that game. And all the stupid bastard had to do was check a dictionary. Barry was, without a doubt, one of the biggest toolboxes I have ever known.

Sic Semper Tyrranis!

Sean
( Citadel Because the world needs less morons, Mon 9 May 2005, 18:27, Reply)