The Word "Bank"

(c) 2009 F. Bruce Abel



It occurs to me that for the bailout to work we must wipe out a word from our vocabulary: "Bank," as in "Oh, you work for a bank, do you? I don't trust you, even though I work for a bank myself. In fact I don't even trust myself here at this bank, because I am addicted to trading credit default swaps."

We must now create another word, another category.

What is that word? I don't know. What about "Trank." This implies trust. But, now that I think about it, the phrase "Bank Trust Department" must be removed also.

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