gold bug
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Noun[edit]
- (informal, finance) A person with a particularly great enthusiasm for investing in gold (the metal).
- 2022 January 28, Paul Krugman, “How Crypto Became the New Subprime”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- Still, crypto has been effectively marketed: It manages both to seem futuristic and to appeal to old-style goldbug fears that the government will inflate away your savings, and huge past gains have drawn in investors worried about missing out.
- (informal, economics) A person who is opposed to fiat currency and supports a return to the gold standard.
- (informal) A person who collects gold items.