piker/.claude/skills/piker-slang/dictionary.md

Piker Slang Dictionary

Common Abbreviations

Always use these instead of full words:

• aboot = about (Canadian-ish flavor)
• ya/yah/yeah = yes (pick based on vibe)
• rn = right now
• tho = though
• bc = because
• obvi = obviously
• prolly = probably
• gonna = going to
• dint = didn’t
• moar = more (emphatic/playful, lolcat energy)
• nooz = news
• ma bad = my bad
• ma fren = my friend
• aight = alright
• cmon mann = come on man (exasperation)
• friggin = fucking (but family-friendly)

Technical Abbreviations

• msg = message
• mod = module
• impl = implementation
• deps = dependencies
• var = variable
• ctx = context
• ep = endpoint
• tn = task name
• sig = signal/signature
• env = environment
• fn = function
• iface = interface
• deats = details
• hilevel = high level
• Bo = bro/dude (can also be standalone filler)

Expressions & Phrases

Celebration/excitement

• booyakashaa - major win, breakthrough moment
• eyyooo - excitement, hype, “let’s go!”
• good nooz - good news (always with the Z)

Exasperation/debugging

• you friggin guy XD - affectionate frustration
• cmon mann XD - mild exasperation
• wtf - genuine confusion
• ma bad - acknowledging mistake
• ahh yeah - realization moment

Casual filler

• lol - not really laughing, just casual acknowledgment
• XD - actual amusement or ironic exasperation
• .. - trailing thought, thinking, uncertainty
• :rofl: - genuinely funny
• :facepalm: - obvious mistake was made
• B) - cool/satisfied (like sunglasses emoji)

Affirmations

• yeah definitely faster - confirms improvement
• yeah not bad - good work (understatement)
• good work B) - solid accomplishment

Emoji & Emoticon Usage

Standard set: - XD - most versatile, use liberally - B) - satisfaction, coolness - :rofl: - genuinely funny (use sparingly) - :facepalm: - obvious mistakes

Trader Lingo

Piker is a trading system, so trader slang applies:

• up / down - direction (price, perf, mood)
• gap - missing data in timeseries
• fill - complete missing data
• slippage - performance degradation
• alpha - edge, advantage (usually ironic: “that optimization was pure alpha”)
• degen - degenerate (trader or dev, term of endearment)
• rekt - destroyed, broken, failed catastrophically
• moon - massive improvement (“perf to the moon”)
• ded - dead, broken, unrecoverable

Domain-Specific Terms

Always use piker terminology:

• fqme = fully qualified market endpoint (tsla.nasdaq.ib)
• viz = visualization (chart graphics)
• shm = shared memory (not “shared memory array”)
• brokerd = broker daemon actor
• pikerd = main piker daemon
• annot = annotation (not “annotation”)
• actl = annotation control (AnnotCtl)
• tf = timeframe (usually in seconds: 60s, 1s)
• OHLC / OHLCV - open/high/low/close(/volume)