There are several definitions posted by different individual, including the apparent original usage referring to late 19th century anti-Czarists in Russia and Catholic participants in the N. Ireland conflict. Also applied to radicals, religious fanatics who are terrorists and now a colloquial term used to describe troublemakers and trolls or someone who stirs up passions and controversy over a particular statement or item of interest.
I was interested because a mainstream news article just described anti-Michelle Bachmann bloggers as bombthrowers.
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Redwines commented on the word bombthrower
I looked this word up on Urban Dictionary's website at this link: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bomb%20thrower
There are several definitions posted by different individual, including the apparent original usage referring to late 19th century anti-Czarists in Russia and Catholic participants in the N. Ireland conflict. Also applied to radicals, religious fanatics who are terrorists and now a colloquial term used to describe troublemakers and trolls or someone who stirs up passions and controversy over a particular statement or item of interest.
I was interested because a mainstream news article just described anti-Michelle Bachmann bloggers as bombthrowers.
July 19, 2011