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Crypto & finance-bro slang
Crypto Twitter has minted more slang per capita than almost any subculture online. The vocabulary is its own dialect of English: half acronyms (GM, WAGMI, NGMI), half memes (rugged, aped, oversold), all soaked in trader-floor swagger.
This is Slangora's catalogue of crypto and finance-bro slang. Some has crossed into mainstream finance Twitter; some stays inside Discord servers and Telegram pumps; a few have already aged into 2021-bull-run nostalgia.
The Crypto lexicon · 50 terms
HODL
ˈhɒd.əl
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
WAGMI
ˈwæɡ.mi
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
NGMI
ˌen.dʒiː.emˈaɪ
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
rug pull
rʌɡ pʊl
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
ape in
eɪp ɪn
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
diamond hands
ˈdaɪ.mənd hændz
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
paper hands
ˈpeɪ.pər hændz
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
bagholder
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FUD
fʌd
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
gm
jiː ˈem
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
degen
ˈdiː.dʒen
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
accumulator
əˈkjum.jəˌleɪ.tɚ
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
Alice
ˈæl.ɪs
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
bunyip
ˈbʌnjɪp
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
cipher
ˈsaɪfə
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CM
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
coin
ˈkoɪ̯n
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
coinless
ˈkɔɪ̯nləs
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
crib
kɹɪb
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
cryppie
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
cryptobro
ˈkɹɪptoʊ̯ˌbɹoʊ̯
🌐 Internet & Memes
delta
ˈdɛltə
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
Dunning-Krugerrand
🌐 Internet & Memes
dust
dʌst
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
Faketoshi
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
flippening
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
foursquare
ˈfɔːskwɛː
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
fren
fren
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
FTX
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
ICO
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
Igopogo
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
IP
🌐 Internet & Memes
jeetery
🌐 Internet & Memes
knapsack
ˈnæpsæk
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
LFG
ˌel.efˈdʒiː
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
MAC
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
Manipogo
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
Memphre
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
mixer
ˈmɪksə(ɹ)
🌐 Internet & Memes
NFT
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
Ogopogo
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
OTP
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
pepper
ˈpɛp.ə
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
rainbow
ˈɹeɪnboʊ
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
ser
sɜːr
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
SHA
ʃɑː
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
SMP
🎮 Gaming
to the moon
tə ðə muːn
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
tumbler
ˈtʌmblɚ
🍔 Food & Drink
yowie
ˈjaʊwi
⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
Bottom line
If you understand HODL, rug-pull, and 'this is financial advice' (a disclaimer that always means the opposite), you can decode most of the rest in context.
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