‘Let’s stonk these tendies to the moon’: How to speak like a modern master of the universe.

‘Let’s stonk these tendies to the moon’: How to speak like a modern master of the universe.

Harry Shukman explains how the febrile imagination of Wall Street Bets has influenced the way actual Wall Street talks

Words: Harry Shukman

“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness,” Oscar Wilde once said, which is music to the ears of the 10 million members of Wall Street Bets. The raucous Reddit forum, which sees itself as David taking on the financial establishment’s Goliath, will be delighted to learn that their sworn enemy has started imitating their esoteric, x-rated lingo.

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