Crypto Slang
Crypto slang decoded — trading, DeFi and meme terms like HODL, rekt, degen and WAGMI with real meanings, origins, and examples. Properly sourced.
187 words
A sharp, violent price crash.
Rising almost vertically, like the steep arm of a parabola.
The Ethereum standard for unique NFTs.
Shiba Inu meme captioned in broken Comic Sans inner monologue: 'much wow, very meme, so slang.'
Buy the f***ing dip — aggressive instruction to buy on price drops.
Derogatory term for someone who panic-sells too early.
An anonymous team/person with no public identity.
When a pegged asset loses its intended fixed value.
Inversion of "probably nothing," plainly bullish
Free distribution of tokens to eligible wallets.
Good night — the Web3 sign-off that mirrors GM.
A smart-contract fund of token pairs that powers swaps on a DEX.
The gap between a trade's expected and executed price.
The real-world perks or use an NFT grants its holder.
Call to sell/crash a price (Bogdanoff meme)
Buying and selling the same security with no real change of ownership, just to fake activity.
The guy who won't shut up about his bags at a wedding.
A clown who keeps making dumb crypto decisions.
A collectible NFT badge proving you attended an event.
A tiny unit of Ether used to price gas (1 gwei = 0.000000001 ETH).
A one-coin-only zealot, usually Bitcoin.
Decentralised autonomous organisation governed by token holders.
NFT art produced by algorithms/code, each output unique.
Keeping crypto offline for security, e.g. on a hardware wallet.
Let's f***ing go — pure unfiltered hype.
The waiting area for unconfirmed transactions before they're mined.
A Lamborghini — shorthand for crypto riches.
Ironic NFT compliment — pretending a generic JPEG has special traits.
Variant spelling of moonboy — a relentless bull
Ironic plea to developers to fix a falling price
Mature content — open to view.
"When will the price skyrocket?" — impatient/ironic price question
Meme spelling of "what" — mock confusion
One who believes a single coin should dominate over all others.
The cheapest listed NFT in a collection — the entry-level buy-in.
The smallest unit of Bitcoin; also Bitcoin's pseudonymous creator.
The secret that controls a wallet's funds.
An offline wallet not connected to the internet.
Minting an NFT only when it sells, deferring gas to the buyer.
All-time high — the highest price an asset has ever reached.