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I Love Gold But the A Is Silent refers to a pickup line that references gold's chemical symbol, Au, on the periodic table and stands for "I love A u" ("I love you"). First used in December 2020, the catchphrase and its variations spread online through the early 2020s, appearing in multiple viral TikToks and other posts online.

Origin

The exact origin of the line is unknown. On December 1st and 2nd, 2020, Brainly^[1][2] users daquizrhaymin and IceCreamAlaCamote both posted inquiries about the meaning of the phrase, "I love gold but without a," indicating that a social media post with the phrase went viral around that period.

On December 9th, 2020, Facebook^[3] page 3loom for ever posted the earliest found notable post with the phrase, which received over 240 reactions and 40 shares in four years (shown below).

Spread

Starting in 2022, the line and its variations appeared in multiple viral TikTok videos. For example, on April 27th, 2022, TikTok^[4] user @snr_jr posted a video that received over 54,000 likes in three years (shown below).

On August 3rd, 2023, TikToker^[5] @thuto.ooo posted a video captioned "I want Gold in me, but the A is silent (elemental rizz)." The post (shown below) gained over 306,000 likes in two years.

The line again went viral on TikTok and X in March 2025 following a viral post using the phrase made by Instagram and TikTok user henryearls (@henry_grey_earls) on March 14th (shown below). The post gained over 184,000 likes on TikTok^[6] and 281,000 likes on Instagram^[7] in two weeks.

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