Bear market - sells honey, salmon, picnic food, toilet tissue
Bipartisanship- a peanut butter and jelly sandwich
Blue chips - fancy Fritos
Credit crunch - similar to Cracker Jacks but without a toy surprise
Divest - get naked
Equity - horsieness
Fannie Mae - my great aunt's name
Financial system - the bowl of nickels and dimes on top of my dresser
Globalization - what happens to a body who stops going to the gym
GNP - spaghettiOs
IRS - internal robbery service
Security - There's no such thing.
Standard and Poor - generic mac and cheese; unrelated to Freddie Mac
Stockholder - person holding a pot of chicken broth
Strategic oil reserve - just enough for Wessonality
Treasury - the drawer where you keep all the cute stuff kids make in elementary school
Volatility - chicken soup simmering
Author notes
There may be some inaccuracy here 
Comments
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Very witty. I liked "credit crunch".
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You do such an amazing job with all of your political and economical writes!!! You are very intelligent and knowlegable!!! You do such a wonderful job portraying these things!! You did a most excellent job with this piece!! I love how you wrote this!! Its so fantastic!! Great imagery and excellent details and descriptions!! This is perfect!! I truly love it!!
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Actually, I had to research the TRUE definitions of many of these terms, LOL.
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this is wonderful I can't help but laugh at it. If it weren't so serious a situation. know what i mean
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In a way, I'm poking fun at how confusing it all is. Sometimes, when I watch the news, even the experts are floundering.
Have you ever studied economics?
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Superb plus
This is one of the funniest writes, I have ever seen on AP. In these perilous economic times, it is good to see someone has a sense of humor. Thanks for the laughs. Very well written indeed. -
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Thank you! I glad that you enjoyed this piece
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loved 'NASDAQ'
ya better believe I'll be saying that one a lot
I'm glad I clicked on this cause I sure needed a laugh
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Laughter's good medicine
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very clever!! Though this current economic crises is not funny I am glad we can still laugh. I am not worried - KING DAVID WROTE UNDER THE INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE BIBLE "I have never seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging for bread"!
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The current situation is very serious, I agree;
just trying for some levity, some stress relief
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HA!!! You surpass yourself.
My favorite--the treasury--memorabilia!
And globalization. as in too much
computer use globalizes the bod!
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Too much computer use does globalize the bod, especially the bottom
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I think of it as a way to quash
one's problems, sit on 'em!
They don't stand a chance!
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