Given that CNBC is going to be "all downgrade all the time", CNBC reached out to folks on Twitter for alternative words or phrases to replace "downgrade". It gets boring saying the same word over and over. They got a lot of replies, some not printable. Here are a few worthy suggestions:
- "We got Greeced"
- "Inverted upgrade"
- "Negatively elevated"
- "D-listed"
- "Not Winning"
- "Value challenged"
- "The Fredo Corleone of sov debt"
- "S&P to US: 'I will cut you!'"
- "US downgraded from Hamlet to Horatio with negative Guildenstern watch (sorry, I'm watching Hamlet)"
- "S&P has placed a 'Pitchy Dawg' rating on long term US Treasury Debt"
- "Donkey punched, Dirty sanchez'd, Rusty tromboned"
- "Deuce drop"
- "Unfollow"
- "Put in a time out"
- "Un-friended"
- "Type O Negative" (get it?)
- "Kardashianed"
- "US debt has gone from Rory McIlroy to Tiger Woods"
- "We've gone from Moe to Larry"
Which is your favourite?
