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by bduerst 2830 days ago
Yeah, long is slang for long term investor: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/long.asp
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zodiac 2830 days ago
The link you posted doesn't support that etymology; there are some proposed etymologies here https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/145376/what-is-t...
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whatok 2830 days ago
That's definitely not standard industry convention. Previous poster's interpretation is correct.
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