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Re:Counterfeiting Stock – Explaining illegal naked shorting ... by ta70 on Monday February 01, 2021 @05:14AM (#25987321)
Non American asking: What does crank mean here?
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Re:Counterfeiting Stock – Explaining illegal naked shorting ... by detaro on Monday February 01, 2021 @05:15AM (#25987324)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crank_%28person%29
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Re:Counterfeiting Stock – Explaining illegal naked shorting ... by twic on Monday February 01, 2021 @07:26AM (#25988035)
You've had some good answers, but i will add that the internet led to a Cambrian explosion of cranks, because now anyone can put up a webpage. There is a catalogue, although i don't think it's maintained any more:

http://www.crank.net/contents.html

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Re:Counterfeiting Stock – Explaining illegal naked shorting ... by Gibbon1 on Monday February 01, 2021 @05:15AM (#25987326)
"a pejorative term used for a person who holds an unshakable belief that most of his or her contemporaries consider to be false."
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