proffer - to present
capricious - impulsive
impetuous - sudden impulsive
sepulchre - tomb
propinquity - nearness
aver - to assert
remonstrate - to say/plead in opposition
fulsome - exceedingly flattering
engender - to cause
ambivalence - uncertainty
bootlicking - flattering
smarm - smarmy speech

"Well I'm not sure that if, you know, it's about something that you should know, assuming that, you know, you didn't know about it already, then, obviously, when you can know will be when Sir Humphrey really knows."
- Bernard to Hacker, upon being enquired about what was going on with Sir Humphrey

"The relationship, which I might tentatively venture to aver has not been without a degree of reciprocal utility and even perhaps occasional gratification, is approaching the point of irreversible bifurcation and, to put it briefly, is in the propinquity of its ultimate regrettable termination."
-Sir Humphrey to Hacker, announcing his being promoted to Cabinet Secretary

Got from Party Games.

"Some of his sentences are longer that judge Geoffrey's!"
- Hacker to the Bursar of Cambridge, regarding Sir Humphrey's sentences

Got from Doing the Honours.
.. hell yeah! It's been a while!

esoteric - confined to a small group

rescind - to invlidate

Born of the Bourne Identity

Let me pen down my thoughts on IT at this juncture ... it sickens me. I hate it. I hate the amicable, lazy arsed bafoons who take their petty salaries, trivial bonuses, and third rate work without an iota of seriousness or earnestness to learn more about this wonderful industry they are servicing. Fuckers get paltry salaries compared to the capital market guys, but all they do is bitch about this marginally and then get on wasting away their time, sitting and gossiping. Fuckers ... I hate them. I hate the place. But there is nothing one can do but wait and watch. Cheers to the staging area.

And hence I am angry ...

I have come up with a name for my CFA+FRM+MBA plans ... it's called the "five year plan".

agnostic - doubtful/non-commital

10th October, 2008 - Nomura! :)

rapacity - greed

At this point of time I am angry ...

expropriation - confiscation of property from an entity for use by the state

With the old notion of investment bankers being opulently rich from their exploits being destroyed by the ongoing credit crisis, folks have come up with some really good puns about the current state of things:

"Q: Whats wrong with an investment bank's balance sheet? A: Nothing is right on the left, and nothing is left on the right."

"Q: Whats the difference between a pigeon and an investment banker? A: At least a pigeon can still make deposits on a BMW."

"Q: Whats the difference between a guy who has just lost everything at a casino in Vegas, and an investment banker? A: A tie. "

"I went to by a toaster and it came with a bank."

"I'm drunk and I'm feeling down
And I just wanta be alone
You should have never come around
Why don't you just go home?"

- Papa Roach, Scars