I spotted the word in question in the free City AM newspaper this morning in an article on the merger of Lloyds TSB and HBOS. I quote:
The marriage of the pair sees the combination of expertise in several specialist areas, creating a superbank, or "Bankenstein", as one analyst put it.
Obviously 'Bankenstein' is a portmanteau of 'bank' and 'Frankenstein' (Frankenstein's monster is pictured below, gesticulating in what appears to be some kind of shop).
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UPDATE: I've found a web version of the City AM print story – the 'Bankenstein' quote can be found in the third par down.
1 comment:
This reminds me of the collective noun for bankers - a 'wunch', of course.
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