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

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