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crypto

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13
Words With Friends
14
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈkɹɪptəʊ/
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/ˈkɹɪptəʊ/ · /ˈkɹɪptoʊ/

Definition of crypto

8 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable)Clipping of cryptocurrency
    “Nigeria—the world's second-largest Bitcoin market after the United States—has banned the trading of cryptocurrencies. It's triggered anger among Nigerians who see cryptos as a safe haven in a battered economy.”
    “Some Turks have turned to crypto as a way to protect their savings from skyrocketing inflation and the weakening of its currency, the lira.”
    “But to state and federal regulators and some members of Congress, the entry of crypto into banking is cause for alarm.”
    “So investors buy stablecoins not to make a profit but instead as a place to store money within the cryptocurrency infrastructure and to use when buying and selling other crypto assets.”
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noun

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable)Clipping of cryptocurrency
    “Nigeria—the world's second-largest Bitcoin market after the United States—has banned the trading of cryptocurrencies. It's triggered anger among Nigerians who see cryptos as a safe haven in a battered economy.”
    “Some Turks have turned to crypto as a way to protect their savings from skyrocketing inflation and the weakening of its currency, the lira.”
    “But to state and federal regulators and some members of Congress, the entry of crypto into banking is cause for alarm.”
    “So investors buy stablecoins not to make a profit but instead as a place to store money within the cryptocurrency infrastructure and to use when buying and selling other crypto assets.”
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable)Clipping of cryptography
    “BTW, Turing's test ideas had a lot of influence (so my crypto friends tell me) on various notions in Cryptography and Complexity such as interactive proofs and zero-knowledge protocols.”
    “The CIA is also very into crypto (which makes sense, as they are the home of spy versus spy), […]”
  3. (countable, uncountable)A secret supporter or follower.
    “Martin of course is far too dishonest to be outright a crypto or fellow-traveller, but his main influence is pro-Russian and is certainly intended to be so, and I feel reasonably sure he would quislingise in the case of a Russian occupation, if he had not managed to get away on the last plane.”
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable)Clipping of cryptococcus
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable)Clipping of cryptococcosis
  6. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable)Clipping of cryptosporidium
  7. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable)Clipping of cryptosporidiosis
    “With immune system damage come the infections associated with AIDS: PCP, MAC, toxoplasmosis, crypto, meningitis, thrush, lymphomas, CM, fungal infections, and many others.”

adj

  1. Secret or covert.

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Etymology

All senses trace back to clippings of words derived from the prefix crypto-, developed at various times in the 20th and 21st centuries. During the 2010s and 2020s, the "cryptocurrency"…

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All senses trace back to clippings of words derived from the prefix crypto-, developed at various times in the 20th and 21st centuries. During the 2010s and 2020s, the "cryptocurrency" sense has become the dominant sense. The "cryptography" sense predates that one; thus, a computer or math geek in earlier decades would be referring to cryptography when using this word. The "secret supporter or follower" sense is clipped from such terms as cryptofascist and cryptocommunist. The several informal senses in medicine referring to several microbe genera or the diseases they cause have existed since circa the mid-20th century.

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