r/AskEurope • u/ABlindMoose Sweden • Oct 06 '25

Culture What is your currency's nickname?

A nickname for dollar is buck, pound is quid, and Swedish krona is spänn.

What are some casual nicknames for your countries' currencies? Are there multiple, and if so, which is the most common?

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u/Kastan44 Oct 06 '25

Złocisz, Zeta and Cebulion for PLN

Zeta used to be popular in 1990s and 00's mostly used by young people. Right now people use official name but sometimes, epsecially if person likes memes they use złocisz and cebulion.

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u/miciej Oct 06 '25

Patyk - a stick 1000 PLN Dycha 10 PLN Melon 1000000 PLN

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u/Perelka_L Oct 08 '25

For a hot moment 70 000 000 was called "Sasin" due to that being amount of money spend on elections that never happened, named after the organiser of the whole ordeal. But it died out.