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tickeritis en · NOUN

Etymology

From ticker + -itis, referencing a stock ticker.

Meanings

1. (humorous, informal, uncountable) An obsessive interest in the stock market.
   • Tickeritis is an insidious affliction. 1923 October 13, Hayes Wilson, “Are the Oils Suffering from Tickeritis?”, in The Magazine of Wall Street, volume 32, page 1079:
   • Tickeritis is quicker and more deadly in its action than that old malady, Consignment Fever, but both are exceedingly painful to the victim as well as his sorrowing friends. 1905 May 3, “Editorial”, in The Weekly Northwestern Miller, volume 62, page 263:
   • Tickeritis is the constant desire to make a deal. 2003, Benjamin Gallander, “Rule 9: Search for Beautiful Black Swans”, in The Contrarian Investor's Thirteen: How to Earn Superior Returns in the Stockmarket, Insomniac Press, →ISBN, page 128:
   • Henry Howard Harper in his excellent book The Psychology of Speculation written in 1926 described the constant need to watch the market as ‘tickeritis’. [2025 July 17, Prasanna Chandra, Savita Shrimal, “7: Check Your Irrationality”, in Mastering Personal Investments: 20 Steps to Financial Independence, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
   • Tickeritis is a malady that causes a man to stand and look at a lot of ever-changing figures over which he cannot hope to have the least control. 1916 January 14, “Tickeritis”, in The Silent Partner, volume 11, page 79:

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