gold bug

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Synonyms: goldbug, golf bag, old bag, toad bug, gold bar, gold box, gold bugs

Antonyms: goldbug, golf bag, old bag, toad bug, gold bar, gold box, gold bugs

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|informal|finance}} A person with a particularly great enthusiasm for investing in [[gold]] (the metal).
2. {{lb|en|informal|economics}} A person who is opposed to [[fiat currency]] and supports a return to the [[gold standard]].
3. {{lb|en|informal}} A person who collects [[gold]] items. {{C|en|Gold}}
4. {{lb|en|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 [[infect]]s them, causing a [[mental illness]].

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