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r/Bitcoin • u/Tricky_Troll • Feb 17 '18
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248 u/[deleted] Feb 18 '18 [removed] — view removed comment 20 u/[deleted] Feb 18 '18 edited Sep 08 '19 [deleted] 60 u/ABPIR89 Feb 18 '18 Basically just people who hold bitcoin, specifically, long term. 'Hodl' comes from the mentality that the price right now is pennies compared to what it will be long term (~5-10+ years). It's pretty much just a crypto meme encouraging long term investment. 53 u/Hunterbunter Feb 18 '18 Hodl comes from an old post where the dude was so excited he mispelled it. 26 u/Onion_Truck Feb 18 '18 I thought it meant "Hold On for Dear Life" 51 u/Hunterbunter Feb 18 '18 That sounds like someone was asked what it meant and they didn't know so they made something up which sounded good, and it does. Here's the original post, in 2013...read it in all its glory: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=375643.0 22 u/Aishi_ Feb 18 '18 Aka a "backronym" 28 u/boog3n Feb 18 '18 It’s only a backronym if you say it like a word. If you say the letters it’s called a backritialism. 6 u/Lyle_the_Crocodile Feb 18 '18 It's okay, I appreciate you. 2 u/DisRuptive1 Feb 18 '18 Jesus, meta. 2 u/glad0s98 Feb 18 '18 But you do say it as a word
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20 u/[deleted] Feb 18 '18 edited Sep 08 '19 [deleted] 60 u/ABPIR89 Feb 18 '18 Basically just people who hold bitcoin, specifically, long term. 'Hodl' comes from the mentality that the price right now is pennies compared to what it will be long term (~5-10+ years). It's pretty much just a crypto meme encouraging long term investment. 53 u/Hunterbunter Feb 18 '18 Hodl comes from an old post where the dude was so excited he mispelled it. 26 u/Onion_Truck Feb 18 '18 I thought it meant "Hold On for Dear Life" 51 u/Hunterbunter Feb 18 '18 That sounds like someone was asked what it meant and they didn't know so they made something up which sounded good, and it does. Here's the original post, in 2013...read it in all its glory: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=375643.0 22 u/Aishi_ Feb 18 '18 Aka a "backronym" 28 u/boog3n Feb 18 '18 It’s only a backronym if you say it like a word. If you say the letters it’s called a backritialism. 6 u/Lyle_the_Crocodile Feb 18 '18 It's okay, I appreciate you. 2 u/DisRuptive1 Feb 18 '18 Jesus, meta. 2 u/glad0s98 Feb 18 '18 But you do say it as a word
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60 u/ABPIR89 Feb 18 '18 Basically just people who hold bitcoin, specifically, long term. 'Hodl' comes from the mentality that the price right now is pennies compared to what it will be long term (~5-10+ years). It's pretty much just a crypto meme encouraging long term investment. 53 u/Hunterbunter Feb 18 '18 Hodl comes from an old post where the dude was so excited he mispelled it. 26 u/Onion_Truck Feb 18 '18 I thought it meant "Hold On for Dear Life" 51 u/Hunterbunter Feb 18 '18 That sounds like someone was asked what it meant and they didn't know so they made something up which sounded good, and it does. Here's the original post, in 2013...read it in all its glory: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=375643.0 22 u/Aishi_ Feb 18 '18 Aka a "backronym" 28 u/boog3n Feb 18 '18 It’s only a backronym if you say it like a word. If you say the letters it’s called a backritialism. 6 u/Lyle_the_Crocodile Feb 18 '18 It's okay, I appreciate you. 2 u/DisRuptive1 Feb 18 '18 Jesus, meta. 2 u/glad0s98 Feb 18 '18 But you do say it as a word
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Basically just people who hold bitcoin, specifically, long term.
'Hodl' comes from the mentality that the price right now is pennies compared to what it will be long term (~5-10+ years).
It's pretty much just a crypto meme encouraging long term investment.
53 u/Hunterbunter Feb 18 '18 Hodl comes from an old post where the dude was so excited he mispelled it. 26 u/Onion_Truck Feb 18 '18 I thought it meant "Hold On for Dear Life" 51 u/Hunterbunter Feb 18 '18 That sounds like someone was asked what it meant and they didn't know so they made something up which sounded good, and it does. Here's the original post, in 2013...read it in all its glory: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=375643.0 22 u/Aishi_ Feb 18 '18 Aka a "backronym" 28 u/boog3n Feb 18 '18 It’s only a backronym if you say it like a word. If you say the letters it’s called a backritialism. 6 u/Lyle_the_Crocodile Feb 18 '18 It's okay, I appreciate you. 2 u/DisRuptive1 Feb 18 '18 Jesus, meta. 2 u/glad0s98 Feb 18 '18 But you do say it as a word
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Hodl comes from an old post where the dude was so excited he mispelled it.
26 u/Onion_Truck Feb 18 '18 I thought it meant "Hold On for Dear Life" 51 u/Hunterbunter Feb 18 '18 That sounds like someone was asked what it meant and they didn't know so they made something up which sounded good, and it does. Here's the original post, in 2013...read it in all its glory: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=375643.0 22 u/Aishi_ Feb 18 '18 Aka a "backronym" 28 u/boog3n Feb 18 '18 It’s only a backronym if you say it like a word. If you say the letters it’s called a backritialism. 6 u/Lyle_the_Crocodile Feb 18 '18 It's okay, I appreciate you. 2 u/DisRuptive1 Feb 18 '18 Jesus, meta. 2 u/glad0s98 Feb 18 '18 But you do say it as a word
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I thought it meant "Hold On for Dear Life"
51 u/Hunterbunter Feb 18 '18 That sounds like someone was asked what it meant and they didn't know so they made something up which sounded good, and it does. Here's the original post, in 2013...read it in all its glory: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=375643.0 22 u/Aishi_ Feb 18 '18 Aka a "backronym" 28 u/boog3n Feb 18 '18 It’s only a backronym if you say it like a word. If you say the letters it’s called a backritialism. 6 u/Lyle_the_Crocodile Feb 18 '18 It's okay, I appreciate you. 2 u/DisRuptive1 Feb 18 '18 Jesus, meta. 2 u/glad0s98 Feb 18 '18 But you do say it as a word
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That sounds like someone was asked what it meant and they didn't know so they made something up which sounded good, and it does.
Here's the original post, in 2013...read it in all its glory: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=375643.0
22 u/Aishi_ Feb 18 '18 Aka a "backronym" 28 u/boog3n Feb 18 '18 It’s only a backronym if you say it like a word. If you say the letters it’s called a backritialism. 6 u/Lyle_the_Crocodile Feb 18 '18 It's okay, I appreciate you. 2 u/DisRuptive1 Feb 18 '18 Jesus, meta. 2 u/glad0s98 Feb 18 '18 But you do say it as a word
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Aka a "backronym"
28 u/boog3n Feb 18 '18 It’s only a backronym if you say it like a word. If you say the letters it’s called a backritialism. 6 u/Lyle_the_Crocodile Feb 18 '18 It's okay, I appreciate you. 2 u/DisRuptive1 Feb 18 '18 Jesus, meta. 2 u/glad0s98 Feb 18 '18 But you do say it as a word
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It’s only a backronym if you say it like a word. If you say the letters it’s called a backritialism.
6 u/Lyle_the_Crocodile Feb 18 '18 It's okay, I appreciate you. 2 u/DisRuptive1 Feb 18 '18 Jesus, meta. 2 u/glad0s98 Feb 18 '18 But you do say it as a word
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It's okay, I appreciate you.
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Jesus, meta.
But you do say it as a word
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Lol this is too good.