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nocoiner en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈnəʊ̯kɔɪ̯nə/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ˈnoʊ̯kɔɪ̯nəɹ/ (General-American, Ireland)

Etymology

From no + coin + -er.

Meanings

  1. A person who does not hold or invest in any cryptocurrencies.
    • She's as plugged into the cryptospace as anyone you will find, and it's unbiased since she's a “nocoiner,” meaning she doesn't invest. 2019, Ryan Derousseau, The Everything Guide to Investing in Cryptocurrency, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 269:
  2. A critic of cryptocurrencies and their economies.
    • Nocoiners make the argument that if bitcoin becomes ‘too big’, governments will just make it illegal. 2019, Dominic Frisby, Daylight Robbery: How Tax Shaped Our Past and Will Change Our Future, Penguin UK, →ISBN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
no-coiner alternative lexicographic
nocoiners Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

coiner

Relateds

bitcoiner