Overused Business Buzzword-Subprime

Subprime--This buzzword isn’t exactly new. But the sheer number of stories in the media about subprime mortgages has changed the word from adjective to verb status — loosely defined as the ability to completely dig one’s self into a hole and then expect a bailout.

Used in a sentence: "I completely subprimed my Algebra test yesterday. Instead of studying, I drank beer and played Xbox, and just hoped the answers would come to me. Can I still have an 'A'?"

 

Chances that we’ll be using this buzzword in the year 2017: Slim to none. 

 

But you’ll definitely be using it in 2008.