Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The fanatical, extremist, or irrational members of a society or group.
Wiktionary
- n. The members of a political or social group espousing extreme, fanatical, or irrational views.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. the members of a political or social group espousing extreme, fanatical, or seemingly irrational views.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a political unit with extreme and fanatical views
Examples
“Kiinzl had little choice but to play the game, even though he was openly contemptuous of the lunatic fringe who ran the Ahnenerbe, mostly crackpots and failed scholars who owed their careers to the Nazis. ”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lunatic fringe’.
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election phrases and words
how election is used,everything
to do with elections,synonymsgeneral election, election petition, election of clerk, election-vote, election fever, election expenses, election district, election-monger, election-mad, election-dust, election-committee, election dinner and 151 more...
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waldo's list
under the sink, in the hall closet, hoboken, at sea, in prison, nyinyikay, smokin' a reefer, in the bog, gone to phillydel..., bagot, wuppertal, out of range and 123 more...
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Genes
Interesting gene names. Some of these may have changed recently (to something less offensive/funny).
http://www.genenames.org/
tinman, agnostic, dreadlocks, Van Gogh, fruitless, lava lamp, ariadne, cheap date, ken and barbie, I'm not dead yet, I'm not dead yet 2, manic fringe and 1192 more... -
the one-two punch
short (mostly two-word) collocations, pat phrases, idioms &c. that I like
merry chase, glancing blow, beast mode, feedback loop, false flag, dear god, nothing human, deflector shield, hatchet job, not cricket, bang on, a tinker's damn and 250 more...
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favourite phrases
light pollution, poop deck, inclement weather, pole star, wax poetic, grandfather clock, tea cozy, lunar maria, shotgun wedding, gathering my wits..., pyrrhic victory, scorched earth and 108 more...
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faint sausage stargazer
Interesting gene names
sonic hedgehog, lunatic fringe, methuselah, dreadlocks, tinman, inebriated, swiss cheese, stargazer, headcase, faint sausage, fear of intimacy, van gogh and 11 more...
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All the Presidents' Words
Words coined or popularized by U.S. presidents.
administration, Brother Jonathan, Jeffersonian, belittle, odometer, public relations, kitchen cabinet, Jacksonian, spoils system, OK, lame duck, teddy bear and 27 more...
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