[Ads-l] Gamestonk

Ben Zimmer bgzimmer at GMAIL.COM
Fri Jan 29 20:09:04 UTC 2021


"Stonks" is an intentional misspelling of "stocks" as popularized on
Reddit. Blend it with "Gamestop" “et voilà.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/stonks

On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 3:06 PM Dennis During <dcduring at gmail.com> wrote:

> What does it mean? Where does 'onk' come from?
>
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2021, 12:33 Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Elon Musk made this the WOTY so far.
> >
>

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