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  • noun pejorative, Internet The behaviour or attitudes of moonbats; left-wing lunacy.

Etymologies

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moonbat +‎ -ery

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Examples

  • Wow - the level here of Paul R. Ehrlich-esque moonbattery is almost stunning.

    Sound Politics: "Peak Oil" Despair Versus Energy Innovation 2007

  • Scot Lehigh has exonerated Ned Lamont from the charge of "moonbattery".

    The Chimes at Midnight 2006

  • They are both partisan media personalities and if they are going to trot out Moore as being the personification of left wing "moonbattery", it's a great opportunity to draw a comparison to the wild-eyed wingnuts of the right and perhaps bring them back into the realm of crazy aunts in the attic.

    Hullabaloo 2004

  • "the wages of moonbattery is ..." is correct, if "moonbattery" had been plural then you use

    Moonbattery Van Helsing 2010

  • "the wages of moonbattery is ..." is correct, if "moonbattery" had been plural then you use

    Moonbattery Van Helsing 2010

  • The vital organs - the once reliable infrastructure of British society - is now completely maggot ridden and we're hoping that the wet neophytes spawned in the think-tanks of policy wonkery will improve our political ethos, restore our sovereignty and stop the spread of inimical invasion of extreme religious fervour and internal cultural moonbattery; not to mention the restoration of a balanced economy?

    Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

  • I dont know if the link has the info correct.. and i dont expect moonbattery to correct it

    Our kick-ass president 2010

  • Wild, carefree libs may be observed in their natural habitat-moonbattery personified.

    Supremes to Hear Second Amendment Case 2007

  • I always find looking at dissents to be more interesting and illuminating — the filter of having to forge a majority consensus is absent and the full moonbattery/wingnuttiness equal time for our lefty brethren gets a chance to shine through in all its glory.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Judge Sotomayor’s 50 Most Important Opinions: 2009

  • His article, Battlestar Galacticons examines several amusing case studies in right wing moonbattery.

    Bart Motes: W. is not Batman 2008

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