NGMI
Etymology
An initialism for not gonna make it, from crypto-trading communities around 2021 — the pessimistic counterpart to wagmi (“we’re all gonna make it”). It brands a person or a decision as bound to fail.
interjection · /en-jee-em-EYE/
Short for “not gonna make it” — a pessimistic dismissal of a person, decision, or move.
What it names
It names a verdict of doom: the judgment that someone’s choice or mindset guarantees failure. Within trading communities it functions as both insult and warning.
Example
Selling everything at the bottom out of panic? Ngmi.
Related idea
The despairing inverse of wagmi: wagmi is collective encouragement, ngmi is a verdict of doom.
See also