Originally coined on the Chicago Board Options Exchange, a Synthetic Friday occurs on a Thursday preceding a Friday in which the market is closed. Since there is no work on Friday, Thursday essentially becomes like a Friday. The word synthetic is used and derived from an option strategy called a Synthetic Long Stock, in which a trader buys a call and shorts a put, each with the same strike price (there are different variations of this strategy/trade.)
Market Maker A: "The market is closed tomorrow since it is Good Friday."
Market Maker B: "Nice, today's a Synthetic Friday."
Market Maker A: "Let's get bombed."
Market Maker B: "Nice, today's a Synthetic Friday."
Market Maker A: "Let's get bombed."
by SyntheticFriday April 1, 2010
Get the Synthetic Friday mug.In gaming circles this term describes the tendency of players to mimic during their next character creation the main character from the most recient movie they've seen.
"So let me get this straight... you want to play a halfling rogue, with a magic ring, a glowing dagger, a powerful wizard friend, and some magic armour handed down by your grandfather? Sure... FRODO."
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by Almustapha May 5, 2018
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by niggerino June 24, 2010
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No guns are fouled and no poor, innocent, helpless, defenseless bullets are damaged or destroyed when synthetic gunfire is employed.
No guns are fouled and no poor, innocent, helpless, defenseless bullets are damaged or destroyed when synthetic gunfire is employed.
The title zax for the Commodore Amiga video game, "Datastorm" is just loaded with synthetic gunfire! How kewl!!!
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Most frequently heard in electronic music ("electronica" is the name of the actual musical genre).
No real hi-hats are damaged or destroyed when synthetic hi-hats are employed.
Most frequently heard in electronic music ("electronica" is the name of the actual musical genre).
No real hi-hats are damaged or destroyed when synthetic hi-hats are employed.
The song, "Move to the Beat" by the electronica group Monkey Zound has synthetic hi-hats in it! How kewl!
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Shadow Synthesis Theory explains how plants have had to use Shadow Synthesis in the past to make glucose when the dinosaurs when extinct, which could explain why plants still exist today.(flawed)
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