Definitions
Wiktionary
Etymologies
- wing + nut. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Evidently, the term wingnut is so familiar as to be unobjectionable, and, perhaps in this context attacks exaggerated out of all credibility, at least by non-Bork standards it is, but the generally overbroad application of that term makes it problematic.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » WaPo on Tom Goldstein and ScotusBlog:
“Only the spineless Liberal Left uses the term wingnut to describe the Right.”
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph
“Anyway, the other day someone suggested to me that this kind of a read of the term wingnut might be why someone took the term moronic wingnut as being so offensive.”
“It turns out that at least one of the reasons might be the Safirishly suggested connection between the term wingnut and the extreme right wing side of politics. wingnut is clearly used in this way, my mind was on something else entirely when I started using with the term. back, though all of the old content is gone.”
“Ben, guys like you are in what we call the wingnut community, which I define as people who believe that solutions emerge from your pathetic whining about liberals.”
“I was born and raised NY, and seeing NY in relation to a wingnut is embarrissing for all New Yorkers.”
“This type of wingnut is incapable of being diverted by the facts, but can only change course when distracted by a newer, shinier talking point …”
“You see, being a wingnut is ultimately a neurological syndrome.”
Think Progress » Mullen finds ‘little resistance’ among troops to repealing DADT.
“What may be clear to a right wingnut, is a long way from reality. bennie new york”
Clinton, Gates defend U.S. policy on Iran's nuclear ambitions
“Some evolution denying wingnut from the Discovery Institute is in that screenshot.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘wingnut’.
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funny & derogatory
WARNING: VERY EXPLICIT. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
funny derogatory names, quotes, phrases.
( open list, randomness, ad hom, ad hominem )
also see:
buttfucking quitter, dirty sanchez, donkey punch, falcon punch, assbadger, unicorn turd, assclown, fudgenut, quackery, friggin homo, buttmuncher, jackwagon and 274 more... -
POL - partisan
fraction, internal grumbling, Laborites, party bigwig, party boss, party chief, party line, placeman, rank and file, step out of line, the rank and file..., transnational party and 79 more...
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Things with wings
For fanciful birds, see reesetee's •Open List: Flights of Fancy.
For chickens, see Chickens.
For birds endemic to the United States and/or North America, see reesetee's Mo...airplane, dragonfly, pegasus, butterfly, Buffalo, robot bomb, periodical cicada, caduceus, angel, those flying monk..., cherub, housefly and 52 more...
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Open List - Partisan Political Pejora...
A list of pejorative names for "the other" political group(s), from decepticrat to neotard.
neotard, eco-socialist, Red Green, watermelon, libidiot, sheeple, libertard, decepticrat, dummycrat, democrook, republicon, reich wing and 57 more...
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Political Pet Names
Ah, the language of endearment...
Feel free to add your favorite insult. Please include quotes or sources if you can. Thanks!
Please note: while this is a list about stuff...nutroots, rethuglican, wingnut, moonbat, libtard, obamabot, bushie, krudd, democrats, republicunts, repubs, leftist and 67 more...
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Non-Scrabble words
Common words not in any officially recognised scrabble dictionary, including CSW2012.
No need to add variations (plurals etc.), just the base form will do. No words requiring spaces, punctua...beaner, crema, conman, fakest, fakeness, figgy, kaboom, laggy, nutjob, pide, pissy, roadmap and 14 more...
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ashton's Words
genocide, boingy, umwelt, zeitgeist, fungible, vorpal, spawn, discordian, fnord, surreptitious, xyzzy, corruption and 122 more...
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wanderstar's Words
superlative, mulish, mumps, catatonic, aquiline, clandestine, phantasmagoria, chryselephantine, microfiche, mutineer, reprobate, ruthless and 312 more...
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zzyyxx's Words
plethora, drout, functional, rye, wring, doubt, cognative, weird, gnaw, surcease, rend, languish and 438 more...
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zanshin's Words
gargoyle, ennui, paradigm, aardvark, verisimilitude, ghoti, tenacity, nescience, guillemet, squonk, maven, moxie and 210 more...
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Lardons of Random Palavery
Another of my lists of 151 words - some food-related, others not. Whatever the reason, these are words or phrases that intrigue or excite me.
tankage, food grade silicone, food grade diatom..., food grade tape, food grade adhesive, food grade sealant, food grade grease, food grade glue, food grade hydrog..., food grade lye, property virgin, beeswax pellet and 139 more...
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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Speech Bubble
Words from Cartoons, Comics, and Kid Stuffs
zim, squee, irken, squeedily spooch, dib, gir, gaz, dinosaucers, mxyzptlk, wuzzle, snuffleupagus, duckman and 124 more...
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hober's Words
anglosphere, wiki, slither, cylon, satchel, faustian, ragamuffin, frak, salient, fervid, tartan, snowclone and 299 more...
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Creative Onomatopoeia
Words that sound like what they mean, but they're not *technically* onomatopoetic.
(another edit: this list is morphing into something I can't quite describe. But I still like it.)ugly, icon, hang, weenie, bell, zit, ennui, sour, speed, rankle, muddle, disgruntle and 129 more...
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_mark's list
Words I like!
( personal list, favorite words, randomness )psy, nanobot, success, smack, vibration, microcosmic, springgraph, marksmanship, estranged, homoerotic, flex, fiasco and 1696 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for wingnut.
hernesheir Tree in the walnut family with small fruits that look like, well, wingnuts. Next time you're at the Eiffel Tower, examine the compound-leaved trees near the tower's legs. They're a species of wingnut genus, Pterocarya. The species is probably P. macroptera. Jan 28, 2010
planspark On Urban Dictionary: wingnut Feb 11, 2009