Economists versus semantics

[sigma7]

I've been trying to stay away from the whole death-of-capitalism thing, but one sentence, one word today amid the statistics and eschatological economics just floored me.

"I'm just watching the dollar self-implode," said Brian Dolan, chief currency strategist at Forex.com.

...Again, Large Hadron Collider and quantum singularities aside, is it possible to implode in such a way that is not self-implosion?

Comments

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

I think, given the circumstances, we can forgive economists for not being pedantic with their semantics. Which would be a good name for a song, I think.

And icon lurve. I think I know what I'll be doing at work today.

[lacrimaeveneris.livejournal.com]

Feel free to yoink, the maker is in the keyword. It amuses me, because it functions both as an "oh NO the computer EXPLODED" icon and a "Oh Livejournal, help me!" icon.