WAGMI
Etymology
An initialism of “we’re all gonna make it,” which spread through crypto, NFT, and trading communities on Twitter and Discord around 2021. It descends from earlier fitness and bodybuilding forum slang carrying the same phrase.
interjection · /WAG-mee/
Short for “we’re all gonna make it” — a rallying cry of collective optimism, especially in crypto communities.
What it names
It names a deliberately communal hope: not “I’ll make it” but “we” will — a solidarity slogan that binds a group to a shared bet and props up morale through volatility. Its opposite, “ngmi” (not gonna make it), is the dismissive verdict on a bad move or a doubter.
Example
The chart was bleeding all week, but the group chat kept posting “hold the line, WAGMI.”
Related idea
About people where to the moon is about price: “to the moon” predicts a price rocketing upward, while WAGMI promises the community will come out ahead together.