maggotry en · NOUN
Etymology
From maggot + -ry, from maggot (“a whim”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) An utter absurdity; folly.
The funds financials, which were sterling, said nothing about the operation risk embedded inside these individual members of the hedge fund maggotry.
2006 Fall, Whalen, “Wall Street's Derivatives Casino”, in The International Economy, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2012, page 49:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| maggotries | Number=Plur | lexicographic |