kwarteng

kwar·teng VERB 1) to commit a grave error, potentially financial in nature ※This definition can pertain to something that has happened before and stopped or an action currently occurring. 2) to suffer a continuous state of disaster ※This definition should have greater effect if the term is used for a situation arising from an action under definition 1. Synonyms: 1) blunder, make a mistake, (informal) bugger up, (vulgar) fuck up 2) languish, suffer, be tormented, be tortured, (informal) get screwed over, (vulgar) get fucked over Derivation: 1) From the surname of Kwasi Kwarteng, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the aftermath of a September 2022 mini-budget widely condemned as erroneous by, among others, the International Monetary Fund and the Bank of England. 2) The same, but more as a result of the apparent rationale for emergency interventions by the Bank of England in the aftermath of the above.