tendie

plural tendies

1. colloquialplural normallyfoodA chicken tender.

   Favorite Food: Chicken Tendies

   2015, Cynthia Rozzo, East Cobber Magazine, (May 2015 issue), pg. 38

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   Grade "A" tendies and mozz sticks.

   2013 April 19, rachel.ka.smith [username], “Uhh...They reopened Manchu Wok”, in paginalife (Usenet)

   It's an attitude that's certainly reflected during our interview at DOZA's house, where chicken tenders and Courvoisier (our dinner for the night) are referred to as "dank tendies and drank" […]

   2015, Charlie Hickerson, Native magazine (issue 36), pg. 77

   "The life of crime just pulls you in," says Gnineerg, "you think it's just one cheese stick then then [sic] you're dealing three or four bags of tendies a day. It's a dark road."

   2015, Devon Mann, Islands' Sounder (December 26, 2015 issue), pg. 5

2. Internetplural normallybusinessThe money or financial instruments gained by independent currency or securities traders following a successful wager or risk.

   There are members who say they made enough to pay off student debt, afford an operation for a family member, and even buy a yacht, all thanks to their fresh delivery of “tendies” – WSB jargon for money (it’s an allusion to tender fried chicken).

   2021 January 29, Desmund Delaney, “A year ago on Reddit I suggested investing in GameStop. But I never expected this”, in The Guardian

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   In recent weeks, the only way to get up to speed with WallStreetBets would have been through full immersion, absorbing comments about “tendies” and “diamond hands” and “holding the line” until you worked up the nerve to post the group’s most beloved slogan for yourself: “We like the stock.”

   2021 January 29, John Herrman, “Everything’s a Joke Until It’s Not”, in The New York Times