ETF Digest - Dave's Slang

Dave's Slang

MTSCNA
Acronym for "Modified, Transmogrified, Special Circumstance Non-GAAP/Ex-Item Accounting". Surely you jest! Yep.
Big Wednesday
Old surf movie which we sometimes use when Wednesday gets rocky.
Sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you
Bulls lament or excuse when things don't go their way.
PPT
Plunge Protection Team [dba, The President's Working Group on Financial Markets] which many suspect of direct stock market manipulation. That has never been proven.
Da Boyz
Wall Street trading desks, well-heeled hedge funds and as some would argue, the PPT [Plunge Protection Team].
TWNO
The week's not over.
Window Shopping for Tourists
Dow Jones Industrial Average is what most people watch which can be misleading.
Stick Save
investors, usually bullish, who prevent a market from falling below support as a hockey goalie would prevent the puck from the goal net.
Chucky
the US consumer who, like the little monster from the horror film series, you can't kill or in this case stop from shopping.

Hawaiian Pidgin Slang

Auwe
[au-Weh!] oh dear.
Akamai
[Ah-kah-my] good insight, experienced and smart.
Brah
[Bra] or Braddah [Brah-dah] friend or buddy.
Chance um
go for it like a wave when surfing.
Chicken Skin
goose bumps.
Choke Nuts
a crazy situation.
Chop Suey
[typical] all mixed up.
Cockroach
to steal.
Da Kine
[Dah-Kiiine] any "thing" to which you're referring.
Geev'Um
[sounds just like it looks] or go for it.
Hana Hou
[ha nah ho], one more time.
HuHu
[HOO-HOO] angry.
Imua
[EE mooh ah] number one.
Kapakahee
[Kah-pah-KAH-hee] lop-sided; one-side; crooked; messed up.
Kapu
[Kah-POO] forbidden; taboo.
Kuleana
[Kooh lee ah na] one's right; responsibility.
Lolo
[LowLow] stupid idiot.
Make
[Mah-keh] dead.
Moi Moi
[Moy-Moy] sleep
Manini
[MAH nee' nee] cheap or petty.
Niele
[NEE-el-aaa] nosy.
Okole
[Oh-KOO-Lei] butt.
Ono
[Oh-No] delicious.
Pau
[Pow]--finished.
Pau Hana Time
[Pow- Hah-nah] quitting time.
Panty
[same] wimp.
Pilau
[PEE-law] foul or dirty.