The Cryptospeak Dictionary
The ELI5 dictionary of jargon, lingo, and slangs commonly used in web3 and crypto communities.
| Jargon | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alpha leak | an analysis or information to generate profit from the market |
| decentralized | activities or decisions being made by the members of a community, as opposed to by an authority |
| web3 | terms related to the next evolution of the open web, peer-to-peer, and decentralized platforms |
| ct | crypto twitter |
| bro | bro |
| fren | friend |
| frens | friends |
| ser | sir |
| sers | sirs |
| gm | good morning, usually used when someone just getting online |
| gn | good night, as opposed to good morning, usually used when someone about to go offline |
| gmi | gonna make it |
| ngmi | not gonna make it |
| wagmi | we're all gonna make it |
| hodl | not selling |
| bags | owned crypto assets |
| degen | degenerate / trade or participate in DApps without worrying too much or do proper due diligence |
| OG | original gangsta / early crypto users |
| ape | taking a position without thinking much |
| middle-curve | overthinking investors, the opposite of ape, taking positions with a lot of calculations and considerations |
| FUD | fear, uncertainty, doubt |
| lambo | being able to buy a Lamborghini from crypto |
| moon | price soars towards the moon |
| DYOR | Do your own research, doing your own analysis of price, ta, and fundamentals |
| bart | The price chart that forms a pattern like bart simpson's head (dramatic up, followed by drastic decline) |
| PnD | pump and dump / unethical manipulation of the market for personal or group profits |
| whale | huge crypto asset owners |
| AMM | automated market maker / algorithm commonly used in decentralized exchanges |
| LP | liquidity providers / a form of contributions to create market liquidity for crypto coins and tokens |
| mint | issuing NFTs / tokens on blockchain |
| burn | process of removing NFTs / tokens on blockchain to reduce circulating supply |
| szn | season / season of the market cycle |
| lfg | let's fucking go / used when someone is excited about something |
| staking | commit to hodl crypto token or coin in a protocol or smart contract |
| farm | usually in the form of LP staking for profit |
| rug | from rugpull (pulling the carpet) to refer a project is a scam |
| ohm forks | the ultimate ponzi scheme |
| larp | live-action role playing to be a whale in crypto |
| wen | when |
| rekt | from the word wrecked / getting a big loss |
| nft | jpeg or high valued digital item |
| probably nothing | probably nothing = probably something. Maybe there's something within the information being shared |
| few | few understand / few people understand. Similar to probably nothing |