tjorn

tjörn | chərn |

noun

1 a mythical animal typically represented with parts taken from both a bull and a bear

2 Stock Market a person who forecasts that prices of stocks or commodities will both rise and fall, esp. a person who buys and sells shares hoping to sell and buy them back later at a higher and lower price : [as adj. ] tjörn markets.

ORIGIN from Swedish tjur (bull) and björn (bear)

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