What is Bear Stearns?
1.
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.
"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"
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