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Gold Bug

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What does Gold Bug mean?

noun

  1. (informal) A person with a particularly great enthusiasm for investing in gold (the metal).
  2. (informal) A person who is opposed to fiat currency and supports a return to the gold standard.
  3. (informal) A person who collects gold items.
More meanings (1)

noun

  1. (informal) 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.

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