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tenbagger
 n.— «In his best-selling book from 1989, “One Up on Wall Street,” there’s even a chapter entitled “Stalking the Tenbagger.” That’s the kind of stock that goes up tenfold.» —“The Store Is Jumpin’. The Stock Isn’t.” by Nelson D. Schwartz New York Times Nov. 25, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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