Meaning of stonk | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A heavy artillery bombardment.
   slang
2. A stock, especially a bullish one.
   Internet, humorous, in-plural
3. A large or intense penile erection.
   slang, vulgar
4. A profitable thing or scheme.
   Internet, humorous

Examples

“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).”

“Other so-called “stonks” – an intentional misspelling of “stocks” – favoured by retail traders on sites such as Reddit’s WallStreetBets also shot higher.”

“It’s all part of our wild new YOLO FOMO LOL economy, where stonks only go up, memes count as financial advice and stimmies buy Hemis.”

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