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🔥 What Is “Gamestonk”?

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"Gamestonk" is a meme term that blends:

  • GameStop (GME) — the video game retail company.
  • Stonks — a deliberate misspelling of “stocks” used in internet memes to mock or ironically reference financial investments.

    • So “Gamestonk” = GameStop stock, memed to the moon 🚀.

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    Origins of “Stonks” Meme

    Before “Gamestonk,” the term “stonks” had been popularized in meme culture since at least 2017. It featured:

  • A 3D head character called Meme Man
  • Standing in front of a stock chart going up
  • Captioned simply: “Stonks”

    • It was used to mock clueless investing or celebrate absurd stock success — a kind of satirical financial wisdom.

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    The GME Short Squeeze: How Gamestonk Exploded

    In January 2021, retail investors on Reddit’s r/wallstreetbets triggered one of the most dramatic stock events in recent history:

  • Hedge funds had aggressively shorted GameStop (betting the stock would go down).
  • Redditors started buying and holding GME, creating a short squeeze — forcing shorts to buy back stock at rising prices.
  • GME skyrocketed from ~$17 in early January to over $480 on January 28.

    • Elon Musk’s Viral Tweet

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    The true ignition point for “Gamestonk” was a tweet by Elon Musk on Jan 26, 2021:

    “Gamestonk!!”

    That single tweet:

  • Drove millions to check out the subreddit.
  • Sent GME shares surging after-hours.
  • Cemented "Gamestonk" as the rallying cry of the retail rebellion.
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    The GME Short Squeeze: How Gamestonk Exploded

    “Gamestonk” quickly became a symbolic term:

  • Online Identity: A badge of honor for retail traders rebelling against Wall Street.
  • Meme Warfare: Flooding Twitter, TikTok, and Discord with memes about “holding the line,” “diamond hands,” and “stonks only go up.”
  • Irony & Power: It captured the absurdity of a broken financial system where coordinated meme buying could topple billion-dollar hedge funds.
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    Cultural Legacy

  • Movies & Docs: The story has inspired content like Netflix’s “Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga”, Dumb Money (2023), and tons of YouTube documentaries.
  • Language Shift: “Stonks” and “Gamestonk” are now entrenched in Gen Z/online investor slang.
  • WallStreetBets Lore: “Gamestonk” is part of a lexicon that includes “tendies,” “YOLO,” “paper hands,” “diamond hands,” and “to the moon.”
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    Summary

    Term

    Gamestonk

    Origin

    Virality

    Symbolism

    Meaning

    GameStop stock, memed — “stonks” version

    Meme fusion + GME short squeeze

    Fueled by Reddit, Elon Musk, meme culture

    Anti-Wall Street, meme power, financial absurdity

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