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A manoeuvre in which a fêted hedge-fund manager’s [[Short|shorts]] are yanked up from behind him until they are wedged uncomfortably between his buttocks and then pulled up sharply from behind up over the head, typically as a prank by a bunch of day-traders on Reddit.
A manoeuvre in which a fêted hedge-fund manager’s [[Short|shorts]] are yanked up from behind him until they are wedged uncomfortably between his buttocks and then pulled up sharply from behind up over the head, typically as a prank by a bunch of day-traders on Reddit. ''(Named for [[Melvin Capital Management LP]], the unfortunate fund to which this happened).''


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Melvin
/ˈmɛlˈvɪn/ (n.)

A manoeuvre in which a fêted hedge-fund manager’s shorts are yanked up from behind him until they are wedged uncomfortably between his buttocks and then pulled up sharply from behind up over the head, typically as a prank by a bunch of day-traders on Reddit. (Named for Melvin Capital Management LP, the unfortunate fund to which this happened).

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