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moonbat

moonbat

3 9.9
A person with extreme or unreasonable political views, often used as an insult
  • noun
  • /ˈmuːnˌbæt/
  • Offensive
translation icon : lunático
  • Methinks a bunch of moonbats who gleefully jump on every word.

Examples

  • At the meeting, he spoke like a true moonbat, with no regard for facts or logic.

  • Nobody counts on moonbats to do anything except make fools out of themselves.

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  • Nobody with any intelligence counts on moonbats coming to the rescue.

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  • Sullivan is a total moonbat; I watched this morning flipping through the channels...

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  • I initially thought you to be just another moonbat moron, but now I must consider you a vindictive liar as well.

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  • Fortunately, the moonbat party lost this time, but they're all set to double down on the stupidity.

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  • Sorry to see you go, but you've been acting like a far-left howling moonbat for quite some time.

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  • After 9/11, all but the hyper moonbats got behind Bush.

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  • I don't understand how people can elect such moonbats like Jerry Brown or my state's Martin Owe, Mallet.

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  • Many people dismissed the protestors as mere moonbats without rational arguments.

Synonyms

extremist
vsmoonbat
  • Literature
186 6.9

A person with very strong political or religious views who supports radical action

focuses on far left and insults rather than neutral, any-side extremism
loony lefty
vsmoonbat
  • Offensive
9.9

A person with very left-wing political views that others use as an insult

focuses on far left irrational beliefs rather than quirky behaviour
red-ragger
vsmoonbat
  • Slang
9.9

A person who supports extreme left-wing political change

is used as an insult focusing on irrational far left views rather than activism

Antonyms

85 4.6

A person with political views that are not extreme

24 4.2

A person with moderate political views between the left and the right

Compounds

moonbat theory
  • Offensive
9.9

A strange idea that is unlikely and has no proof

How Extreme

extremist
  • Literature
186 6.9
moonbat
  • Offensive
3 9.9
radical
79 6.3
leftist
63 3.5
moderate
85 4.6

Surface Forms

moonbat singular
moonbats plural

Morphology

moonbat = moon + bat (opaque) = moon + bat

Although formed from 'moon' + 'bat', the slang derogatory meaning 'extremely irrational political person' is not predictable from the literal parts.

Etymology

Moonbat mixes moon and bat: moon has long been linked to 'crazy' ideas and bat is like 'batty', meaning 'silly' or 'crazy'. A helpful way to remember it is that it is a rude name for someone seen as politically 'crazy' or 'extreme'.