What is a spekulant?

[AtW]

The Spekulants are a race of baddies in AtW's fantasy world.

Are you saying I am racist?

[Jog On]

Are you saying I am racist?

[Jog On]

OK that's enough of that I'm off for a jacuzzi and a glass of wine while Mrs Jog does her pilates class

[pjclarke]

Well I often hear 'performant' used to means 'performs acceptably', so maybe 'speculant' is something that speculates acceptably.

Course, 'performant' is a horrible consultant's made-up jargonword.

[NotAllThere]

I conclude that no-one knows what it means and anyone that uses the term is a tool.

Well, the term I think is just a mis-spelling of "Speculum" which are medical instruments used during examinations to dilate an orifice.

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Course, 'performant' is a horrible consultant's made-up jargonword.

No. It's a German and French word meaning "High performing" or "Of high performance". Because it sounds English, European consultants have assumed that it is English, and so it has entered our language. I think it's quite a good word, in fact.

I'm still looking for a decent opposite to "corrupted", as in "your database is corrupted".

[xoggoth]

Nor sure but it seems to crop up a lot in discussion of vampies or zombies.

[shoes]

Don't gynecologists use them?

[NickFitz]

I dunno, I havent a bloody clue what half these ejits are on about for 90% of the day.

WSS

[DiscoStu]

Answers in English please.

Thanks.

I conclude that no-one knows what it means and anyone that uses the term is a tool.

A spekulant is anyone arbitrarily judged by AtW as investing/short-selling/spread betting etc. for a short period of time for profit. Despite his economic genius he's clearly never mastered this and is insanely jealous of people who make money doing it.

I'm a tool