Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

enronomics

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: en-ro-nomics
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

creative accounting, or accounting fraud

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Alas, we are reduced to desperately seeking Toto, in need of someone to go behind the curtain and tell us that the wizard's name is enronomics."
"Well, we do understand economics. We just do not understand Enronomics. The majority party unfortunately is forcing down the throats of consumers in this country Enronomics. They are allowing Enron to continue to pillage and burn the West Coast."
"And, in the financial sector, this weakening continued as a blind eye was turned to the parallels between 'Enronomics' and the use of leveraged debt to engage in the creation and trading of exotic financial products."

Etymology

Blend of Enron + economics, after Enron, a company that collapsed through accounting fraud.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does enronomics mean?: creative accounting, or accounting fraud
Where does enronomics come from?: Blend of Enron + economics, after Enron, a company that collapsed through accounting fraud.

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