loonytarian
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Blend of loony + libertarian.
Noun[edit]
loonytarian (plural loonytarians)
- (US, slang, derogatory) A libertarian.
- 1998 September 14, po...@hotmail.com, “Re: Atlas Shrugged is Trash”, in alt.politics.libertarian[1] (Usenet):
- As loonytarians are so fond of observing, no nation on the earth has embraced a libertarian system, and, indeed, even in the heyday of rugged individualism, 19th c. America, complete laissez faire was rejected.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:loonytarian.
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Adjective[edit]
loonytarian (comparative more loonytarian, superlative most loonytarian)
- (US, slang, derogatory) Related to, characteristic of, or espousing libertarianism.
- 2009 November 24, s...@above.com (quoted by Jerry Okamura), “Re: Sarah Palin's Book Is Already on Clearance”, in alt.politics.libertarian[6] (Usenet):
- The "loonytarian" model of little government influence produced massive problems by the end of the 19th century, continued on until the horrific excesses of market capitalism began to erode America.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:loonytarian.