Define Bear Stearns Meaning

Bear Stearned
Buying an item and then realizing a week later it is worth 3.33% of what you paid for it.

Dude, you know that car I bought last Monday for $6,000? I had to take it Sunday for $5,800 in repairs. I totally got Bear Stearned by that sales guy.
By Margit
Bear Stearned
The rapid loss of confidence in one's capabilities from one's traditionally supportive network of friends, customers, etc.

Ralph: Dude, nobody wants me to fix their computers anymore.

Ted: You've been bear stearned, bro.
By Farah
Bear Stearns
To make a poorly thought out decision that results in a catastrophic failure or demise of one or many people.

To plummet from the top to the bottom at a blinding speed only to be bought out and liquidated by someone else.

fuck up spitzer

"Hooking up with her was a total Bear Stearns."

"I partied all weekend instead of studying; it was a total Bear Stearns"

"Dude, I stopped paying my bills and got totally Bear Stearns'd"
By Elna
To Bear Stearns
(verb) to thoroughly, completely, and totally fail at life.

I don't want to bear stearns.

I totally bear stearnsed that exam.

This year was sort of a disaster; it's probably time to stop bear stearnsing!

By Sacha
Bear Stearned
to crash, to collapse, to plummit, to fail

1. I can't believe it, I completely bear stearned that test.

2. For the third time this week, my computer bear stearned on me.
By Jordanna
Bear Stearned
To make a large bet with collateral and lose and then have your bookie sell your collateral for pennies on the dollar to your neighbor.

That dude was whacked at vegas and got bear stearned.
I guess uncle Louie was wrong about the trifecta as he just got bear stearned
Bernacke and J Diamond let the house of cards fall at Bear Stearns
By Leonanie
Bear-stearns
A colossal failure where an enormous success was expected.

The 18 - 0 New England Patriots totally pulled a bear-stearns in Super Bowl XLII.

The Patriots bear-stearned before Bear Stearns bear-stearned.
By Gabrielle
Bear Stearns Effect
When individual assets are worth more than the total valuation.

When a group of girls as a whole seem unattractive but when viewed individually, aren't bad.

Opposite of the Cheerleader Effect.

Check out those girls again. We wrote them off before, but I think it's actually the Bear Stearns Effect.
By Licha
To Bear Stearns
(verb) to thoroughly, completely, and totally fail at life.

I don't want to bear stearns.

I totally bear stearnsed that exam.

This year was sort of a disaster; it's probably time to stop bear stearnsing!

By Fannie