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fiatsplainer

fiatsplainer noun: a person who criticizes cryptocurrency while defending fiat money.

Noun

fiatsplainer (plural fiatsplainers)

  1. (derogatory, informal) A person who criticizes cryptocurrency while defending fiat money.
    • 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.2021 December 2, Marty Bent, “They Haven't Been Teaching Monetary History Accurately”, in Bitcoin Magazine

Forms of fiatsplainer

pluralfiatsplainers

Origin of fiatsplainer

From fiatsplain + -er.

Questions about fiatsplainer

What does fiatsplainer mean?
Fiatsplainer means a person who criticizes cryptocurrency while defending fiat money.
What part of speech is fiatsplainer?
Fiatsplainer is a noun.
What is the plural of fiatsplainer?
The plural of fiatsplainer is fiatsplainers.

Words near fiatsplainer in the dictionary

  1. fiated
  2. fiating
  3. fiats
  4. fiatsplain
  5. fiatsplained
  6. fiatsplainer
  7. fiatsplainers
  8. fiatsplaining
  9. fiatsplains
  10. fiawol
  11. fib

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