Earther
- noun
- /ˈɜrθər/
- Slang
- Scientists don't take flat earthers seriously, and I can see where they're coming from, but I think it's a mistake.
- flat-Earthers
And it is probably the case that some flat earthers are indeed just pretending.
- And it is probably the case that some flat earthers are indeed just pretending.
- How do you handle a flat earther?
- You know, you'll never see me make a video about flat earthers because I just don't see the point.
- I feel it's disingenuous for people in the physics community to roll their eyes at flat Earthers if they haven't read their arguments.
- You can like, you know, you could be extremely happy and they are flat earthers.
- I lost those guys a long time, those flat earthers.
- And you know, you extreme examples are like conspiracy theories like flat earthers, right?
- This is crazier than flat earther stuff because even like one those people aren't changing legislation.
Examples
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What about why flat earthers believe what they believe?
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Did you know that there are flat earthers out there?
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So, you know, social network X is not allowing flat earther to to share anything.
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Have you ever seen a genuine Flat Earther even on the internet?
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His only community are other flat earthers in this group.
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And it is probably the case that some flat earthers are indeed just pretending.
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If I ever meet a flat-earther, I would hope to be as polite.
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But there are some flat-earthers out there who still consider the existence of a supreme deity to be either necessary, or self-evident, or both.
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I feel it's disingenuous for people in the physics community to roll their eyes at flat Earthers if they haven't read their arguments.
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Many flat earthers believe that the evidence supporting a spherical Earth is fabricated.
Synonyms
A person who believes the Earth is flat
A person who believes the Earth is flat
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Earther comes from Earth + -er, the same way 'baker' is one who bakes, so it simply means 'a person connected with Earth'. One common use is to mean 'a person who believes the Earth is flat', which the word marks by showing that person's relation to the Earth.