What Does This Mean?
[ SLANG ][ CRYPTO ][ STATUS ][ NOUN ]
Short for 'degenerate' — someone who makes high-risk, often irrational crypto or gambling plays for the thrill of it, fully aware (and often proud) of the recklessness.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"He put his rent money into a coin called after his cat — peak degen behavior."
LORE & ORIGIN
Crypto-Twitter slang from the 2020-2021 DeFi boom, used both as a self-deprecating badge of honor and as a warning label for anyone aping into unaudited tokens purely for the dopamine hit.
FIRST SEEN
2020
PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)
2021 (DeFi Summer), resurgent 2024-2026 (Memecoin Era)
CURRENT STATUS
Mainstream Gen Alpha Slang
MENTIONS OVER TIME
DOCUMENTED SINCE
2020
NOW
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