fiatsplainer

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English

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Etymology

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From fiatsplain +‎ -er.

Noun

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fiatsplainer (plural fiatsplainers)

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