noun General Slang

Human Piranha

· noun · finance

Liar's Poker nickname for a relentlessly profane Salomon trader.

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The nickname Michael Lewis gave a particular Salomon Brothers government bond trader in Liar's Poker — a man whose sentences were so densely packed with obscenity that the profanity essentially became the grammar. Stand-in for the unhinged verbal culture of the 1980s bond floor.

“His manager does a Human Piranha impression in every Monday meeting and HR has just given up.”
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Human Piranha In A Sentence

His manager does a Human Piranha impression in every Monday meeting and HR has just given up.

Origin & Usage

Coined by Michael Lewis in Liar's Poker (1989) to describe a real Salomon Brothers trader.

Tags #finance#wall-street#salomon#liars-poker

People Also Ask

What does Human Piranha mean?

It's a nickname from the book Liar's Poker for a relentlessly profane Salomon Brothers trader.

Where does the term Human Piranha come from?

It comes from Michael Lewis's memoir Liar's Poker, where it's used as the nickname for one of the Salomon Brothers traders.

How do you use Human Piranha in a sentence?

Someone might say 'He swore like the Human Piranha the whole meeting', invoking the Liar's Poker character.

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