Wall Streetese
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Wall Street + -ese.
Noun
edit- (informal) The jargon associated with the American financial markets.
- 1958 December 8, “Grass root gold for Wall Street: what small investors are doing to the market”, in Life, volume 45, number 23, page 30:
- In an advertisement and in a report to his firm's customers, he advised that the market was due for a “reaction” (Wall Streetese for a drop). The time had come to take some profits.