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    NGMI

    Culture

    Not gonna make it — the pessimistic counterpart to WAGMI.

    Definition

    NGMI is the community's way of saying someone's behavior predicts failure. Panic-selling solid positions, aping into obvious scams, leveraging into volatility, refusing to learn. It's usually thrown as an insult; sometimes it's accurate.

    It's also misused. Taking profit isn't NGMI. Cutting a dead trade isn't NGMI. Passing on a launch because the contract is suspect isn't NGMI. The actual NGMI pattern is repeating the same expensive mistake and not updating.

    Examples

    • Aped five rugs in a row and still doesn't check contracts. NGMI.

    • 'Took profit at 3x? NGMI.' No, that's just risk management.

    • Leveraged long a memecoin at the top. That's the NGMI trade.

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