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To: Peter V who wrote (1668)6/30/1999 12:32:00 PM
From: Kevin Podsiadlik  Respond to of 10293
 
Based on a full-text search on "scummer", I have concluded that it's a shortened form of "scummer short", which is Brad's pet term, meaning no more or less than "a short-seller of IDX stock".



To: Peter V who wrote (1668)6/30/1999 1:01:00 PM
From: brad greene  Respond to of 10293
 
Scummer Short,

Peter,

It would be the opposite of a hypster long.

Hypster....Scummer.

bg

ps. A very popular and well respected (early days) SI poster....who got married and was never heard from again....first coined the phase.

Perhaps some of the veterans here remember him....He posted under the name Wendell Holmes. He had a strong dislike for "scummer shorts"....and confronted them whenever possible.


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