Moonbat

Pronunciation

• IPA: /muːn.ˈbæt/

Origin

moon + bat, coined by Perry de Havilland of “Samizdata”, a right-libertarian weblog. Sometimes wrongly claimedhttp://www.samizdata.net/blog/glossary_archives/001981.html to be a corruption of Monbiot (from George Monbiot, British environmentalist and Guardian columnist)

Full definition of moonbat

Noun

1. (pejorative) A liberal (someone with a left-wing ideology).

Synonyms

• leftard derogatory
• libtard derogatory

Derived terms

• moonbattery

Coordinate terms

• wingnut