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stonk
UK /stɒŋk/ US /stɑŋk/
noun 4verb 2
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1ADV.
essentially
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noun
1
A heavy artillery bombardment.
2
A large or intense penile erection.
verb
1
To unleash a heavy artillery bombardment.
2
To overwhelm or trounce; to defeat decisively.
noun
1
A stock, especially a bullish one.
Stonk is essentially just a funny way to say “stock” – and once you understand that, it explains everything else that has happened.
Long before Reddit, the Yahoo message boards of the late 1990s democratized the expression of strong opinions about stocks (they didn’t call them “stonks” in those days).
2
A profitable thing or scheme.
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Stonk is essentially just a funny way to say “stock” – and once you understand that, it explains everything else that has happened.
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Long before Reddit, the Yahoo message boards of the late 1990s democratized the expression of strong opinions about stocks (they didn’t call them “stonks” in those days).
Wiktionary03
Other so-called “stonks” – an intentional misspelling of “stocks” – favoured by retail traders on sites such as Reddit’s WallStreetBets also shot higher.
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