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Going to Dad for Folding Money or Stackola

Ty in Nashville, Tennessee, has fond memories of his dad handing him what he called folding money. This term simply refers to bills, rather than coins. Other versions include folding dough, folding stuff, folding matter, folding green, folding lettuce, and folding cabbage. It’s a slang reference to the physical characteristics of the bills, much like greenbacks is another term for bills. Similarly, clink, jing, jinglers, and janglers refer to coins, and stacking money or stackola refer to either form of currency. This is part of a complete episode.

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