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fiatsplain en · VERB

Etymology

From fiat + -splain, after mansplain.

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, informal) To criticize bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in a condescending manner, often by nocoiners.
    • 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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
fiatsplained Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
fiatsplained Tense=Past lexicographic
fiatsplains Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
fiatsplaining Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

fiatsplainer