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Crypto Slang 101 – Thread for Newbies & Degens What’s Alpha? Cabal? Mooning? Whether you're new or deep in the trenches, here’s your A–Z cheat sheet of must-know crypto terms: 👇👇👇 A 🔹 Alpha – Insider info or a trading edge that gives you an advantage. B 🔹 Bond – Moving a token from one platform to another (e.g., https://t.co/hAfcSYImQX → Raydium). 🔹 Bundle – Controlling a large chunk of a token’s supply. C 🔹 Cabal – A coordinated group that pumps a token using marketing + manipulation. 🔹 Cliff – The first unlock event in a vesting schedule. 🔹 CTO (Community Take Over) – When the community pushes and hypes the project. 🔹 Copy Traders – People who mimic more experienced traders. D 🔹 Degen – A reckless trader chasing pumps with no research. 🔹 Diamond Hands – Someone who holds through all volatility. 🔹 Dump – Sharp price drop caused by mass selling. 🔹 DYOR – Do Your Own Research. Always. E–F 🔹 Entry / Exit – When you enter or exit a trade. 🔹 FOMO – Fear of Missing Out. Usually leads to bad buys. 🔹 FUD – Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt. Spread to tank sentiment. 🔹 Flipper / Flip – Someone flipping tokens quickly for a profit. G–L 🔹 Gamble – A high-risk trade (often sarcastic). 🔹 LARP – A fake or lazy project (often AI-generated). 🔹 Liquidity Pool (LP) – Funds locked in a smart contract on a DEX to enable trades. M–N 🔹 Market Cap (MC) – Token price × circulating supply. 🔹 MEV – Maximal Extractable Value (e.g., front-running). 🔹 Narrative – A trending theme (AI, cats, memes, etc.). 🔹 NGMI – “Not Gonna Make It” – used for bad calls or weak hands. P 🔹 Paper Hands – Sells at the first sign of red. 🔹 Pump – A fast price surge. 🔹 Ponzinomics – A system where old investors are paid by new ones. 🔹 Price Action (PA) – How price moves on a chart. R–S 🔹 Rug (Pull) – Devs drain liquidity + vanish. Total scam. 🔹 Rekt – Massive losses. You got wrecked. 🔹 Risk/Reward (RR) – Ratio of how much you could gain vs. lose. 🔹 Runner – A token that’s taking off fast. 🔹 Scalping – Super short-term trades for small profits. 🔹 Shill – Aggressively promoting a token. 🔹 Size – Going in with a big amount of capital. 🔹 Slow Cook – Earning passive rewards over time. 🔹 Sniping – Using bots to buy immediately after launch. 🔹 Supply – Number of circulating tokens. T–Z 🔹 To the Moon (TTM) – Hoping the token flies up in price. 🔹 Vesting – Gradual unlock of tokens over time. 🔹 Whale – A big player who can move markets. 🔹 Whitelist (WL) – Early access to a token or presale. 🔹 WGMI – “We’re Gonna Make It” – optimistic rallying cry.

GamingBarny's tweet photo. Crypto Slang 101 – Thread for Newbies & Degens

What’s Alpha? Cabal? Mooning?

Whether you're new or deep in the trenches, here’s your A–Z cheat sheet of must-know crypto terms:

👇👇👇

A
🔹 Alpha – Insider info or a trading edge that gives you an advantage.

B
🔹 Bond – Moving a token from one platform to another (e.g., https://t.co/hAfcSYImQX → Raydium).
🔹 Bundle – Controlling a large chunk of a token’s supply.

C
🔹 Cabal – A coordinated group that pumps a token using marketing + manipulation.
🔹 Cliff – The first unlock event in a vesting schedule.
🔹 CTO (Community Take Over) – When the community pushes and hypes the project.
🔹 Copy Traders – People who mimic more experienced traders.

D
🔹 Degen – A reckless trader chasing pumps with no research.
🔹 Diamond Hands – Someone who holds through all volatility.
🔹 Dump – Sharp price drop caused by mass selling.
🔹 DYOR – Do Your Own Research. Always.

E–F
🔹 Entry / Exit – When you enter or exit a trade.
🔹 FOMO – Fear of Missing Out. Usually leads to bad buys.
🔹 FUD – Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt. Spread to tank sentiment.
🔹 Flipper / Flip – Someone flipping tokens quickly for a profit.

G–L
🔹 Gamble – A high-risk trade (often sarcastic).
🔹 LARP – A fake or lazy project (often AI-generated).
🔹 Liquidity Pool (LP) – Funds locked in a smart contract on a DEX to enable trades.

M–N
🔹 Market Cap (MC) – Token price × circulating supply.
🔹 MEV – Maximal Extractable Value (e.g., front-running).
🔹 Narrative – A trending theme (AI, cats, memes, etc.).
🔹 NGMI – “Not Gonna Make It” – used for bad calls or weak hands.

P
🔹 Paper Hands – Sells at the first sign of red.
🔹 Pump – A fast price surge.
🔹 Ponzinomics – A system where old investors are paid by new ones.
🔹 Price Action (PA) – How price moves on a chart.

R–S
🔹 Rug (Pull) – Devs drain liquidity + vanish. Total scam.
🔹 Rekt – Massive losses. You got wrecked.
🔹 Risk/Reward (RR) – Ratio of how much you could gain vs. lose.
🔹 Runner – A token that’s taking off fast.
🔹 Scalping – Super short-term trades for small profits.
🔹 Shill – Aggressively promoting a token.
🔹 Size – Going in with a big amount of capital.
🔹 Slow Cook – Earning passive rewards over time.
🔹 Sniping – Using bots to buy immediately after launch.
🔹 Supply – Number of circulating tokens.

T–Z
🔹 To the Moon (TTM) – Hoping the token flies up in price.
🔹 Vesting – Gradual unlock of tokens over time.
🔹 Whale – A big player who can move markets.
🔹 Whitelist (WL) – Early access to a token or presale.
🔹 WGMI – “We’re Gonna Make It” – optimistic rallying cry.

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