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tickeritis

tickeritis noun: an obsessive interest in the stock market.

Noun (1)

tickeritis (uncountable)

  1. (humorous, informal) An obsessive interest in the stock market.
    • Tickeritis is quicker and more deadly in its action than that old malady, Consignment Fever, but both are exceedingly painful to the victim as well as his sorrowing friends.1905 May 3, “Editorial”, in The Weekly Northwestern Miller, volume 62, page 263
    • Tickeritis is a malady that causes a man to stand and look at a lot of ever-changing figures over which he cannot hope to have the least control.1916 January, “Tickeritis”, in The Silent Partner, volume 11, page 79

Noun (2) capitalized: Tickeritis

Tickeritis (uncountable)

  1. (humorous, informal) Alternative letter-case form of tickeritis.
    • During the current crop year, Tickeritis has attacked quit a number of millers.1905 May 3, “Editorial”, in The Weekly Northwestern Miller, volume 62, page 263

Examples of tickeritis in a sentence

  • Tickeritis is the constant desire to make a deal.2003, Benjamin Gallander, “Rule 9: Search for Beautiful Black Swans”, in The Contrarian Investor's Thirteen: How to Earn Superior Returns...
  • Henry Howard Harper in his excellent book The Psychology of Speculation written in 1926 described the constant need to watch the market as ‘tickeritis’.[2025 July 17, Prasanna Chandra, Savita Shrimal, “7: Check Your Irrationality”, in Mastering Personal Investments: 20 Steps to Financial...

Forms of tickeritis

alternative formTickeritis

Origin of tickeritis

From ticker + -itis, referencing a stock ticker.

Questions about tickeritis

What does tickeritis mean?
Tickeritis means an obsessive interest in the stock market.
How do you use tickeritis in a sentence?
Tickeritis is the constant desire to make a deal.
What part of speech is tickeritis?
Tickeritis is a noun.

Words near tickeritis in the dictionary

  1. ticker tape parade
  2. ticker tape parades
  3. ticker tapes
  4. ticker-tape parade
  5. ticker-tape parades
  6. tickeritis
  7. tickers
  8. tickertape
  9. ticket
  10. ticket agent
  11. ticket agents

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