Not in OED: "gold"

[Christopher Philippo]

On Jan 16, 2014, at 8:21 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 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!

“Comedy gold” I’d understood to mean great fodder or a rich mine for jokes, not necessarily that the incident or jokes would be financially profitable or exploitable for publicity.

Christopher K. Philippo

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