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  • noun UK, slang, derogatory A reader of the Guardian newspaper, stereotypically regarded as middle-class, excessively liberal and politically correct, etc.

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Guardian +‎ -ista

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Examples

  • Another fascinating Prospect piece by David Goodhart, a reflection on responses to his original essay on diversity and immigration which caused such a storm in Guardianista country.

    Archive 2004-03-21 Laban 2004

  • The packed cinemas across the US for Mel Gibson's "The Passion Of The Christ" don't seem to be going down well in Guardianista country - 'two hours of almost uninterrupted gratuitous brutality' says one commentator.

    Archive 2004-02-22 Laban 2004

  • • Jilly Kitzinger: the only woman who can make a Guardianista flirt with the rightwing through lipstick and compassion alone: Listen, you can bleed your liberal heart all over the place, but are you really telling me the world was working before?

    Torchwood: Miracle Day – episode 10 2011

  • And as a politically correct bleedin' hearted liberal Guardianista myself, I'm conscious of it.

    Only religious thugs love blasphemy laws | Nick Cohen 2011

  • Hoisted by her own Guardianista, NuLabour petard. on November 17, 2008 at 12: 54 pm | Reply old holborn

    Public Officials Did Not Kill “Baby P” « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • This piece from Guardianista Martin Kettle makes some of the points I have already made about the Sarkozy plan to have Blair as a French Poodle to shape the new EU according to the French view of the world.

    Archive 2008-01-13 2008

  • The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse has put up a pretty interesting chronology of data breaches (via Guardianista) detailing leaks in the US since 2005 that resulted in the loss of people's personal info.

    Personal Data Records Leaked Since 2005: At Least 358 Million 2010

  • This piece from Guardianista Martin Kettle makes some of the points I have already made about the Sarkozy plan to have Blair as a French Poodle to shape the new EU according to the French view of the world.

    Guardianista Piffleism 2008

  • The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse has put up a pretty interesting chronology of data breaches (via Guardianista) detailing leaks in the US since 2005 that resulted ...

    Personal Data Records Leaked Since 2005: At Least 358 Million 2010

  • The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse has put up a pretty interesting chronology of data breaches (via Guardianista) detailing leaks in the US since 2005 that resulted in the loss of people's personal info.

    Daily Dispatch: iPhone vs Android battle is unique; 358 million personal data records leaked since '05 2010

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