moonbat
moonbat · more moonbat · most moonbat
Absurd or obviously untruthful(of ideas) Absurd or obviously untruthful.
/ˈmuːnˌbæt/
Meaning
1 senses(derogatory, informal)(of ideas) Absurd or obviously untruthful.
Origin
From moon + bat. Originally the name of the XP-67 experimental aircraft, developed by McDoFrom 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).
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Forms
more moonbat, most moonbat| Comparative | more moonbat Lesson |
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Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form