This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.
Etymology
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Blend of phony (“fraudulent or fake”) + Tony Stark, referencing the fictional business magnate, inventor, and playboy from the Marvel franchise.
Proper noun
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Phony Stark
- (derogatory) A nickname for South African-born tech entrepreneur Elon Musk.
- Synonyms: Elmo, Elno, Elongated Muskrat, Space Karen
2022 November 10, Muhammad (@muhammad@mastodon.social), Mastodon[1]:so, yeah, five years on and people on Twitter just kinda endured the Nazis, but now Phony Stark might just tank the whole thing anyway.
2023 February 6, Simon Zerafa (@simonzerafa@infosec.exchange), Mastodon[2]:Phony Stark seems to want to drive Twitter off a cliff for whatever reason.
2023 April 5, Leon Cowle (@leoncowle@hachyderm.io), Mastodon[3]:I'm not mad at anything Phony Stark does to Twitter. I am mad (or at least dumbfounded) at respectable professionals still using that service, though.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Phony Stark.