hedgie

English

From hedge +‎ -ie.

hedgie (plural hedgies)

(informal) A hedgehog.
- 2003, Chris Pinney, The Complete Home Veterinary Guide‎^[1], page 502:
  The average life span of the captive hedgie is 3 to 8 years.
- 2008, Hugh Warwick, A Prickly Affair: My Life with Hedgehogs, unnumbered page:
  Still, some hedgies will run for hours at night.
- 2021 August 12, Noelle Mateer, “Looks That Quill: The Dark Side of Hedgehog Instagram”, in Wired:
  Still, the original imported hedgies were enough to establish a stable North American population.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:hedgie.
(finance, informal) A hedge fund trader.
- 2009 March 3, Alice Rawsthorn, “Power Play”, in New York Times‎^[2]:
  Despite the best, or worst, efforts of those overextended hedgies and subprime-sters, it did, but not as high as hems, and it yo-yoed squeamishly along the way.
- 2020, Barton Biggs, Diary of a Hedgehog: Biggs' Final Words on the Markets‎^[3], page 28:
  Most hedgies currently lack conviction. Incidentally, that's a good sign, not an ill omen.