Word of the Day: Queasing

In light of today’s FOMC announcement, enjoy this Britslang:

Queasing n. British slang for “quantitative easing,” the UK’s policy of printing money to stimulate the economy. The US is doing much the same thing, but Fed chair Ben Bernanke calls it “credit easing”—and so far pundits haven’t spun “creasing” into the vernacular.

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Source: Wired

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