degenerate

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I’m kind of glad that I’m not so much of a degenerate anymore.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

“Degen” is a term that alludes to degenerate gamblers and first gained popularity on Reddit to refer to investors who gravitate toward wildly risky strategies.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 15, 2025

You need to be a true degenerate for Las Vegas to break your heart.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025

His screen persona has often been the sleaziest of weasels, the connoisseur’s moral degenerate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

Without equality, he argued, eugenics would degenerate into yet another mechanism by which the powerful could control the weak.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee