Wednesday, January 14, 2009

What is your most hated phrase?

The oxford list of most hated expressions must be dated. Here are the few economics jargons (although becoming layman expressions nowadays) I find annoying.

My top 10.
  1. Too big to fail (Best left unsaid)
  2. ____ gets worse before they get better (Fill in the blanks)
  3. Pump priming
  4. Stimulus (Even a half percent cut in excise duty of an esoteric product is being bandied as one)
  5. Animal spirits
  6. Greed and Fear
  7. Bailout
  8. Bottoming out
  9. Panic out there
  10. Monetary policy is losing traction
Am I missing out (so many outs!) on some obvious candidates?
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1 comment:

  1. Id it is9:02 AM

    In the US, the one phrase most often used these days is "to make matters worse", and that is perfectly understandable, given the current state of the economy!

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