Not in OED: "gold"

[Jonathan Lighter]

CNN:  "Turns out Justin Bieber's egging of his neighbor's house is comedy
gold!"

In other words, something you can exploit for bucks or publicity.  Mmmm,
gold!

Like a "gold mine" but portable.

I first noticed this in the mid '90s.

JL

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