EPISODE · Jun 29, 2023 · 14 MIN
195. My Bonds and Mutual Funds Are Doing Great, but My Stonks Are Way Down
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Send us Fan MailI’m solo today and the topic is the English language, specifically one of its very recent words: stonk. It’s a nice case study of one of the ways in which new words come into the language. First, they’re known by only a few people; then there’s a niche who know about the meme (if it was coined online, as stonk was); and then it starts to gain some acceptability (appears in dictionaries, for example).◘◘◘Words We're Watching: The Story Behind "Stonks": Buying Low and Selling High in the Meme Markethttps://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/stonks-stocks-meme-words-were-watchingWhat Meme Man Looks Likehttps://imgflip.com/i/7p7jqrUrban Dictionaryhttps://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=StonksWiktionaryhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stonkMemes Dictionaryhttps://www.dictionary.com/e/memes/stonks/
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Send us Fan Mail I’m solo today and the topic is the English language, specifically one of its very recent words: stonk. It’s a nice case study of one of the ways in which new words come into the language. First, they’re known by only a few people; then there’s a niche who know about the meme (if it was coined online, as stonk was); and then it starts to gain some acceptability (appears in dictionaries, for example). ◘◘◘ Words We're Watching: The Story Behind "Stonks": Buying Low and Selling ...
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195. My Bonds and Mutual Funds Are Doing Great, but My Stonks Are Way Down
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