Fiatsplainer

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who criticizes cryptocurrency while defending fiat money. derogatory, informal

    "If you have ever had the displeasure of learning economics while in university or simply have had a pompous sheep fiatsplain to you why a sound money standard can never work you've likely had a professor or the fiatsplainer blame the gold standard for the Great Depression."

Example

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"If you have ever had the displeasure of learning economics while in university or simply have had a pompous sheep fiatsplain to you why a sound money standard can never work you've likely had a professor or the fiatsplainer blame the gold standard for the Great Depression."

Etymology

From fiatsplain + -er.

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