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Wall Streetese en · NOUN

Etymology

From Wall Street + -ese.

Meanings

  1. (informal, uncountable) The jargon associated with the American financial markets.
    • 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. 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:

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