degenerate
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“Degen” is a term that alludes to degenerate gamblers and first gained popularity on Reddit to refer to investors who gravitate toward wildly risky strategies.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 15, 2025
His screen persona has often been the sleaziest of weasels, the connoisseur’s moral degenerate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
“It was like a full-on summer camp for degenerate punk rockers, if you will,” Dragge says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2025
It’s been a huge month for all the degenerate gamblers hoping to cash in on the United States’ elections.
From Slate • Sep. 20, 2024
A crew composed entirely of eight amped-up, overtly aggressive oarsmen will often degenerate into a dysfunctional brawl in a boat or exhaust itself in the first leg of a long race.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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