What Does This Mean?

aping

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FORCE: Degen EconomyUNIVERSE: Crypto SlangCLUSTER: degen_trading

Crypto slang for buying a newly launched token or coin quickly and without research, usually out of hype or fear of missing out; also written apeing or aping in.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

""He was aping into the new token ten minutes after launch.""

LORE & ORIGIN

Crypto glossaries such as Ledger Academy link the term to the 2020 DeFi Summer, when many projects launched in succession and early buyers' quick gains spread on social media.

FIRST SEEN

2020 (DeFi Summer, per Ledger Academy)

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2020-present

CURRENT STATUS

Mainstream Slang

Related To:Ape In FOMO DYOR Degen

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AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+1 AURA

TREND STATUS

→ STEADY

EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

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MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

2020 (DeFi Summer, per Ledger Academy)

NOW

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