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		bduerst on Sept 18, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statemen... Yeah, long is slang for long term investor: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/long.asp

zodiac on Sept 18, 2018 | [–]

The link you posted doesn't support that etymology; there are some proposed etymologies here https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/145376/what-is-t...

whatok on Sept 18, 2018 | [–]

That's definitely not standard industry convention. Previous poster's interpretation is correct.

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