Talk:Moonie

Second meaning

Please check out these sources (pasted from WP): Sometimes the word "Moonies" is said about other groups with the intention to compare them in some way to Unification Church members. Employees of the Creative Artists Agency, a leading talent agency based in Los Angeles and known for its "team player" corporate culture, have sometimes been called "the Moonies of the business." ref name="Griffin Masters">Griffin N, Masters K (1996) Hit and Run: How Jon Peters and Peter Guber Took Sony for a Ride in Hollywood. (Simon & Schuster, →ISBN In 2009 The Daily Telegraph suggested that the Manchester City football club be nicknamed "The Blue Moonies" for their "evangelical zeal." refManchester City's Blue Moonies have their faith rewarded, The Daily Telegraph, August 15, 2009. "From boardroom to terrace via the dug-out, such an evangelical zeal suffuses Manchester City's new mission that they should really be renamed the Blue Moonies." —This unsigned comment was added by 99.55.169.2 (talk • contribs).

 Done. Cirt (talk) 20:16, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Examples

The first two examples given use moonie as an adjective. Wouldn't it be better to include at least one that uses it as a noun? Redddogg 15:45, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

I agree with these comments, by EncycloPetey (talk • contribs). Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 23:51, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

For what it's worth, perhaps the most famous use of the word is this (pasted from the WP article): Pak was quoted by Carlton Sherwood in his book Inquisition: The Persecution and Prosecution of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon as declaring to the United States Congress: "I am a proud Korean – a proud 'Moonie' – and a dedicated anti-Communist and I intend to remain so the rest of my life." (ref tags taken off) Steve Dufour 21:40, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

The article gives quotes about the "Moonie newspaper" and the "Moonie church." I don't think anyone would call the Times of London the "Englishman newspaper" or the Anglican Church the "Englishman church." To me it looks like the the word is being used as a adjective here.Redddogg 13:30, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

On the other hand a person could call the New York Times that Yankee newspaper. :-) Steve Dufour 22:16, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Here is an example from a more well-known newspaper which uses the word as both a noun and an adjective: "The Unification Church, or the 'Moonies' as they are commonly known, have a thriving work in South Africa, with their headquarters in Hillbrow and a Moonie Farm near Muldersdrift." (Sunday Times 7/6/1981) Kitfoxxe 08:33, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Etymology

It now says that it comes from the word Moon. That entry only talks about the Moon, the satellite of the Earth. Nothing about the Korean family name that the word "Moonie" comes from. Should this page or the page on "Moon" be changed? Thanks. 168.137.100.22 18:20, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

Probably that meaning should be added to the other page. Redddogg 04:18, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Dogma

In the second meaning it mentions that people who are devoted to dogmas are called Moonies. But in the examples given it looks like it is more about an organization than a dogma. Redddogg 04:18, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Both are applicable. -- Cirt (talk) 22:13, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Methodology

WQ's entry on methodology says: "Etymologically, methodology refers to the study of methods. Thus the use of methodology as a synonym for methods (or other simple terms such as means, technique, or procedure) is proscribed as both inaccurate and pretentious." Wouldn't it be better to use some other word then? Redddogg 19:28, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

Nickname sense

From the cites, it's clear that one person got the nickname from the Moon, and another from "mooning" or moping about. This suggests some further explanation and/or etymology splitting is needed. Equinox ◑ 19:45, 19 February 2017 (UTC)