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gold bug

noun

Definitions

  1. A person with a particularly great enthusiasm for investing in gold (the metal).

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

  2. A person who is opposed to fiat currency and supports a return to the gold standard.

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

  3. A person who collects gold items.

    • If you see the decorating style in his living room, you'll know that he's a gold bug.
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    1. A particularly great enthusiasm for gold — whether as an investment, a hoard, a…

      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.

      • 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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