Meaning of gold bug | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person with a particularly great enthusiasm for investing in gold (the metal).
   informal
2. A person who is opposed to fiat currency and supports a return to the gold standard.
   informal
3. A person who collects gold items.
   informal
4. A particularly great enthusiasm for gold — whether as an investment, a hoard, a collectible, or otherwise — portrayed figuratively as an arthropod that bites people and infects them, causing a mental illness.
   informal

Examples

“The swing in equities scared him so much that he became a gold bug for a while.”

“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.”

“The swing in inflation scared him so much that he became a gold bug for a while.”

“If you see the decorating style in his living room, you'll know that he's a gold bug.”

“bitten by the gold bug”

“He was bitten by the gold bug a long time ago, and some of the venom is still in his veins.”

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