'Butcher that elk, man!'... Russians and their weird stock market slang
Whenever Russians discuss the stock market on social media, curious words and phrases regularly pop up, such as лось (‘los’; ‘elk’) - which must often be зарезан (‘zarezat’; ‘butchered’), or a ракета (‘raketa’; ‘rocketship’) that must be boarded. Then there are the hilarious diminutive versions of Russian names...