libertoon

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English

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Etymology

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Blend of libertarian +‎ toon, likely influenced by loony tune (a silly or crazy person), after the Looney Tunes animated series.

Noun

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libertoon (plural libertoons)

  1. (US, slang, derogatory) A libertarian.
    • 2000 August 16, Clave, “Re: Do you wish your party would say this...”, in alt.politics.libertarian[1] (Usenet):
      Only if your point was that you're as typically unprepared to defend your silly philosophy as most evangelical libertoons.
    • 2001 April 12, John, “Re: Socialized Medicine vs. Libertarian Medicine? (Re: What if?)”, in alt.politics.libertarian[2] (Usenet):
      You libertoons come in with your deceptive soundbites and half-baked ideas that play right into the hands of big business.
    • 2012 January 24, unknown (quoted by jigo), “Re: The government does more harm than good”, in alt.politics.libertarian[3] (Usenet):
      You libertoons never seem to be interested in talking about making government work better, just dismantling it.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:libertoon.