leaderfag

English

Etymology

From leader +‎ -fag.

Noun

leaderfag (plural leaderfags)

1. (Internet slang, derogatory) A person, especially a member of the hacktivist group Anonymous, who acts bossy or unilaterally declares themselves to be in control of something.
   • 2008 August 31, xenubarb [username], “Re: Angry Gay Pope and the message he sends”, in alt.religion.scientology‎^[1] (Usenet):

     You don't speak for anonymous, so how bout you quit playing leaderfag and let us get back to work?

   • 2008 December 3, GarryS, “Re: SoCal Anonymous planning candlelight vigil for Lisa McPherson”, in alt.religion.scientology‎^[2] (Usenet):

     And who put you in charge of a public vigil, leaderfag?

   • 2012, Parmy Olson, We Are Anonymous: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency‎^[3], Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN:

     More people were criticizing him on AnonOps and Twitter as a namefag, moralfag, and leaderfag.