three odd new verbs for your enjoyment
1. collateralize: to supply collateral for a loan, e.g. "bluebook* the vehicle to determine whether there will be enough value to collateralize the loan."
2. bluebook*: to determine the value of a used vehicle via this system, e.g. see the above.
3. amortize: (AM-or-ize) despite the fact that it is pronounced like a word that just might mean "to render amorous," it really means something you will never care about unless you’re planning on taking out a boat loan, e.g. "amortization rates are based on the loan to downpayment ratio." [I think!]
that damned bluebook is everywhere (it is also the reviled method of legal citation that is currently chapping my ass and incidentally also the least instructive manual i’ve ever read and i used to assemble foreign electronics for a living. end parenthetical)!
Damn the bluebook!!! Why are we accursed with its horribleness and annoyingness and ass-chappingness and skankitude? It stinks being a grown-up.
i hate the pronunciation of amortization. i think the word was created by someone lacking first-grade phonetic skills. or perhaps i lack first-grade phonetic skills. either way, the word sucks.