FYI: “tan’trum, n. [earlier form tantarum suggests pseudo-L. coinage on tantara.] a violent, willful outburst of annoyance, rage, etc.; a fit of bad temper.” Source: Webster’s Deluxe Unabridged Second Edition.
Tantara is the Roman word for the blast of a horn or trumpet. The word tantrum has its root in war. The modifier taper was added in 2013. It has its origin in Ben Bernanke, the Fed Chairman who coined taper’s usage in financial lingo. He used the word taper and triggered what is now established as a bond market rout and a stock market sell-off. The taper tantrum of 2013 is now a term of financial history.
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Ted
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2015/05/bond-tantrum-or-schnitzel-tantrum/print/
