Financial Slang
The financial world has a vocabulary of its own. Mixed into the financial lexicon are hundreds of acronyms and abbreviations. While knowing financial slang might not make you a money expert, the terms on this page will at least help you understand financial news and market information.
| Slang Term | Meaning | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Paper hands | To sell a stock at the first sign of trouble | 580 |
| Meme stock | A stock hyped on social media | 584 |
| APR | Annual percentage rate | 588 |
| Crypto | Cryptocurrency | 588 |
| IRS | Internal Revenue Service | 590 |
| Bullish | Positive outlook | 590 |
| Bagholder | A person who fails to sell a stock before it crashes | 591 |
| Bearish | Negative outlook | 592 |
| Diamond hands | To hold a stock through losses | 592 |
| NFT | Non-fungible token | 592 |
| BTD | Buy the dip | 592 |
| FAANG | Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google | 593 |
| DD | Due diligence | 593 |
| NGMI | Not gonna make it | 593 |
| DYOR | Do your own research | 593 |
| AHT | After-hours trading | 594 |
| Crypto Mom | SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce | 594 |
| Buy the dip | Buy an asset at a low price | 594 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 595 |
| ROI | Return on investment | 595 |
| Forex | Foreign exchange market | 595 |
| GNP | Gross National Product | 595 |
| tendies | Chicken tenders | 595 |
| CIP | Customer initiated payment | 596 |
| YTD | Year-to-date | 596 |
| HFT | High-frequency trader | 596 |
| CEO | Chief executive officer | 596 |
| USD | United States dollars | 596 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 596 |
| GBP | British pound | 596 |
| EUR | Euro | 596 |
| ISO | Incentive stock option | 596 |
| H1 | First half | 596 |
| B2B | Business-to-business | 596 |
| CPA | Certified Public Accountant | 596 |
| NYSE | New York Stock Exchange | 596 |
| W2 | Wage and Tax Statement | 596 |
| W4 | Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate | 596 |
| CD | Certificate of deposit | 596 |
| EFT | Electronic funds transfer | 596 |
| APY | Annual percentage yield | 596 |
| EMV | Europay, MasterCard, and Visa | 596 |
| SWOT | Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats | 596 |
| WATCH | Walmart, Amazon, Target, Costco, Home Depot | 596 |
| J-Pow | Jerome Powell | 596 |
| Quant | Quantitative analyst | 596 |
| Nocoiner | A person who owns no cryptocurrency | 596 |
| Rug pull | A cryptocurrency scam | 596 |
| Shrinkflation | Charging the same price for less product | 596 |
| BAYC | Bored Ape Yacht Club | 596 |
| 1Q | First quarter | 596 |
| AML | Anti money laundering | 596 |
| PLG | Product-led growth | 596 |
| BNPL | Buy now pay later | 596 |
| ICP | Ideal Customer Profile | 596 |
| UHNWI | Ultra high-net-worth individual | 596 |
| PAYE | Pay as you earn | 597 |
| JPY | Japanese yen | 597 |
| Q1 | First quarter | 597 |
| EBT | Earnings before taxes | 597 |
| Q4 | Fourth quarter | 597 |
| EPS | Earnings per share | 597 |
| AGI | Adjusted gross income | 597 |
| PAT | Profit after taxes | 597 |
| Two-bagger | Investment that doubled | 597 |
| Grexit | Greek exit | 597 |
| HODL | Hold on for dear life | 597 |
| Brainwallet | A memorized Bitcoin seed phrase | 597 |
| Cold storage | A cryptocurrency wallet not connected to the Internet | 597 |
| Hot wallet | A cryptocurrency wallet connected to the Internet | 597 |
| ICO | Initial coin offering | 597 |
| Dust | Tiny amounts of cryptocurrency | 597 |
| DeFi | Decentralized finance | 597 |
| CU | Credit union | 597 |
| Rugged | Scammed | 597 |
| WAGMI | We're all gonna make it | 597 |
| Buttcoin | A community of cryptocurrency haters | 597 |
| Soft saving | Saving less money for the future to live more in the present | 597 |
| ARR | Annual recurring revenue | 597 |
| Magnificent Seven | Seven high-value tech companies | 597 |
| HNWI | High-net-worth individual | 597 |
| NEET | Not in Employment, Education, or Training | 597 |
| Choiceful | Mindful spending on valued items | 597 |
| IPO | Initial public offering | 598 |
| SSL | Secure Sockets Layer | 598 |
| CE | Chief executive | 598 |
| Q3 | Third quarter | 598 |
| H2 | Second half | 598 |
| P/E | Price-to-Earnings Ratio | 598 |
| AP | Accounts payable | 598 |
| AR | Accounts receivable | 598 |
| B2C | Business-to-consumer | 598 |
| COO | Chief operating officer | 598 |
| hq | Headquarters | 598 |
| PBT | Profit before tax | 598 |
| ETF | Exchange traded fund | 598 |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product | 598 |
| LOI | Letter of intent | 598 |
| ROIC | Return on invested capital | 598 |
| ROA | Return on assets | 598 |
| ROE | Return on equity | 598 |
| Four-bagger | Investment that quadrupled | 598 |
| HELOC | Home equity line of credit | 598 |
| Retail investor | Individual, non-professional investor | 598 |
| Pink tax | Increased prices on women's products | 598 |
| Airdrop | A cryptocurrency marketing event | 598 |
| Bitcoin Pizza Day | May 22, 2010 | 598 |
| BTFD | Buy the freaking dip | 598 |
| HCOL | High cost of living | 598 |
| 3Q | Third quarter | 598 |
| 4Q | Fourth quarter | 598 |
| KPI | Key performance indicator | 598 |
| ESG | Environment, Social, and Governance | 598 |
| FIRE | Financial independence, retire early | 598 |
| MRR | Monthly recurring revenue | 598 |
| MENA | The Middle East and North Africa | 598 |
| APAC | Asian Pacific | 598 |
| Fren | A fellow crypto community member | 598 |
| Greedflation | Rising prices due to greediness | 598 |
| FANG | Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google | 598 |
| MD | Managing Director | 599 |
| CFO | Chief financial officer | 599 |
| CPC | Cost per click | 599 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 599 |
| NSO | Non-qualified stock option | 599 |
| NQSO | Non-qualified stock option | 599 |
| Q2 | Second quarter | 599 |
| IRA | Individual Retirement Account | 599 |
| YE | Year-ending | 599 |
| AIR | Assumed interest rate | 599 |
| Big Board | New York Stock Exchange | 599 |
| FICA | Federal Insurance Contributions Act | 599 |
| SUTA | State Unemployed Tax Act | 599 |
| SUI | State Unemployment Insurance | 599 |
| ee | Employee | 599 |
| er | Employer | 599 |
| SSN | Social Security number | 599 |
| ARM | Adjustable rate mortgage | 599 |
| FDIC | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | 599 |
| FX | Foreign exchange market | 599 |
| FRB | Federal Reserve Board | 599 |
| TSR | Total shareholder return | 599 |
| RONW | Return on net worth | 599 |
| Three-bagger | Investment that tripled | 599 |
| ATS | Automatic transfer service | 599 |
| FICO | Fair Isaac Corporation | 599 |
| NSF | Non-sufficient funds | 599 |
| SBF | Sam Bankman-Fried | 599 |
| NFA | Not financial advice | 599 |
| Blue-collar boomerang | Workers returning to their blue-collar jobs | 599 |
| CFT | Combating the Financing of Terrorism | 599 |
| OTD | One-time draft | 599 |
| CSRD | Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive | 599 |
| EMEA | Europe, the Middle East, and Africa | 599 |
| TAM | Total addressable market | 599 |
| LATAM | Latin America | 599 |
| FPL | Federal poverty level | 600 |
| ECP | Electronic check presentment | 600 |
| 2Q | Second quarter | 600 |
| Bougie broke | Luxurious lifestyle on a budget | 600 |
| CSM | Customer Success Manager | 600 |
| NQO | Non-qualified option | 602 |
| FUTA | Federal Unemployment Tax Act | 602 |