stonk

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /stɒŋk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /stɑŋk/, /stɔŋk/
• Rhymes: -ɒŋk

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Possibly of imitative origin. Compare stomp.

Noun

stonk (plural stonks)

1. (military, slang) A heavy artillery bombardment.
2. (slang, vulgar) An intense penile erection.

Derived terms

• stonk-on

Verb

stonk (third-person singular simple present stonks, present participle stonking, simple past and past participle stonked)

1. (military, slang) To unleash a heavy artillery bombardment.
2. (slang) To overwhelm or trounce; to defeat decisively.

Derived terms

• stonker

Etymology 2

Deliberate misspelling of stock, possibly under the influence of stink in reference to stocks relating to amateur or bad decisions, or financial loss. Possibly also nonsense; compare stronk (“strong”), thonk (“think”).

Noun

stonk (plural stonks)

2. (Internet slang, finance, humorous, chiefly in the plural) A stock, especially a bullish one.
   • [2021 January 28, Shelley Hepworth, “What is GameStop, where do the memes come in, and who is winning or losing?”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Stonk is essentially just a funny way to say “stock” – and once you understand that, it explains everything else that has happened.]

   • [2021 February 4, Neil Irwin, “How to Win at the Stock Market by Being Lazy”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     Long before Reddit, the Yahoo message boards of the late 1990s democratized the expression of strong opinions about stocks (they didn’t call them “stonks” in those days).]

   • [2021 February 25, Mark Sweney, “GameStop shares surge again as trading frenzy returns”, in The Guardian‎^[3]:

     Other so-called “stonks” – an intentional misspelling of “stocks” – favoured by retail traders on sites such as Reddit’s WallStreetBets also shot higher.]

   • 2021 April 25, Erin Griffith, “We’re All Crypto People Now”, in The New York Times‎^[4], →ISSN:

     It’s all part of our wild new YOLO FOMO LOL economy, where stonks only go up, memes count as financial advice and stimmies buy Hemis.

3. (Internet slang, humorous) A profitable thing or scheme.

See also

• meme stock

Anagrams

• Tonks, knots, tonks

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔŋk

Verb

stonk

1. singular past indicative of stinken

Anagrams

• knots