fiatsplain

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verb

To criticize bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in a condescending manner, often by nocoiners.

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Meanings

verbfiatsplain (third-person singular simple present fiatsplains, present participle fiatsplaining, simple past and past participle fiatsplained)

present singular third person fiatsplains · participle present fiatsplaining · participle past fiatsplained · past fiatsplained

  1. derogatoryinformalTo 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

Origin

From fiat + -splain, after mansplain.

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APA

fiatsplain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fiatsplain

MLA

“fiatsplain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fiatsplain. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fiatsplain,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fiatsplain.

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