English Explanatory Dictionary

moonbat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A liberal (someone with a left-wing ideology).
adj
  1. (of ideas) Absurd or obviously untruthful.

Pronunciation

/ˈmuːnˌbæt/

Word forms

moonbat moonbats more moonbat most moonbat

Etymology

From moon + bat. Originally the name of the XP-67 experimental aircraft, developed by McDonnell Aircraft in 1941. Used in the 1940s by the science-fiction writer Robert Heinlein, then used in the term “barking moonbat” coined in 1999 by Perry de Havilland of “The Libertarian Samizdata”, a right-libertarian weblog. This originally referred to both left-wing and right-wing crazy people. Sometimes wrongly claimed to be a corruption of Monbiot (from George Monbiot, British environmentalist and Guardian columnist).

Synonyms

leftard libtard

Related words

wingnut wing nut

Derived words

moonbattery moonbatty
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