gold bug

English

Alternative forms

• goldbug

Noun

gold bug (plural gold bugs)

1. (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.

2. (informal, economics) A person who is opposed to fiat currency and supports a return to the gold standard.
3. (informal) A person who collects gold items.