wingnutosphere

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English

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Etymology

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From wingnut +‎ -o- +‎ -sphere, by analogy with blogosphere.

Noun

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wingnutosphere

  1. (US politics, blogging, slang, derogatory) The community of bloggers perceived to be on the political far right.
    • 2006 June 26, Howard Kurtz, quoting Markos Moulitsas, “Coming Clean”, in The Washington Post[1]:
      That was obviously violated today as the New Republic betrayed, once again, that it seeks to destroy the new people-powered movement for the sake of its Lieberman-worshipping neocon owners; that it stands with the National Review and wingnutosphere in their opposition to grassroots Democrats.
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