gold bug

== English == === Alternative forms === goldbug === Noun === gold bug (plural gold bugs) (informal, finance) A person with a particularly great enthusiasm for investing in gold (the metal). (informal, economics) A person who is opposed to fiat currency and supports a return to the gold standard. (informal) A person who collects gold items. (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. ==== See also ====