redboard
v.— «Now, you say, “stop redboarding, Bill?” (For those of you unfamiliar with the term, a “redboarder” is a person who always sounds really smart explaining why a horse won a race, but never manages to have a bet on the winner). After all, when a stock goes down, the convertible is supposed to work out better than the stock, right?» —“History of the Ciena 3.75 percent Convertible” by Bill Feingold Schaeffer’s Research Mar. 1, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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