magnet play

English

Noun

magnet play (uncountable)

1. (stock market, nonce word) The deliberate use of significant psychological price points (such as round numbers) to anticipate the behavior of other traders and to capitalize on movement towards those price points.
   • 2014, Fernando Oliveira, Traders of the New Era, page 30:

     I also do “magnet play" to round numbers as well as breakouts through such levels.

2. (BDSM, science fiction) Any sexual activity involving magnets. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
   • 2023 March 27, neveralarch, “A Miracle Opened Wide”, in Archive Of Our Own‎^[1] (fan fiction), archived from the original on 2024-08-08:

     Ratchet did the mech a favor and didn’t look at him while he recovered. He turned the seed magnet around in his pliers instead, examining it. […] ¶ “You should get a spotter if you’re going to experiment with magnets,” he said, once he figured Jazz was halfway to calm again. […] “Look, I’ve done magnet play, I’m not judging, but this thing is too powerful for how small it is. You’re lucky it didn’t get into your energon system.”

   • 2023 December 13, @mementoviviere, Twitter‎^[2], archived from the original on 2024-11-05:

     Are nipple piercings magnetic?? That would be so fun if they were... imagine magnet play 😵‍💫

3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see magnet,‎ play.; play involving magnets.
   • 2014, Jeff A. Johnson, ‎Denita Dinger, Let's Play: (Un)Curriculum Early Learning Adventures, page 160:

     This sort of magnet play is full of exploratory learning that, among other things, builds understanding of the physical world, problem-solving skills, and cause-and-effect thinking.