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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread jargon #164131 12/07/2006 1:41 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland Today I found the following sentence among some financial news: Moscow's investment banking scene is seldom without a rumor that any of its remaining independent investment banks, such as Renaissance Capital, Troika or Aton, is about to be snapped up by a bulge-bracket name .. Has anybody heard of this expression, and where does it come from? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: jargon #164132 12/07/2006 1:49 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont never heard it, but wikipedia has info: bulge-bracket formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: jargon #164133 12/08/2006 3:17 PM Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 293 Orlando ParkinT enthusiast ParkinT enthusiast Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 293 Orlando JARGON Is what I say when I cannot find the Peanut Butter! ---- forgive me Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: jargon #164134 12/08/2006 4:55 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Quote: JARGON Is what I say when I cannot find the Peanut Butter! Why don't you and daleh get a room somewhere below the fold? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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