Geek
A green trainee on the Salomon Brothers trading floor.
Definitions
Salomon Brothers slang from the Liar's Poker era for a newly hired trainee — the lowest form of life on the trading floor, the structural opposite of a Big Swinging Dick. Geeks fetched lunch, took abuse, and prayed for a desk that wasn't Equities in Dallas.
Geek In A Sentence
Origin & Usage
Salomon Brothers, 1980s; documented in Michael Lewis's Liar's Poker (1989).
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