conspiratard
English
Alternative forms
- conspiritard (rare)
Etymology
From conspiracy + -tard.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
conspiratard (comparative more conspiratard, superlative most conspiratard)
- (slang, derogatory, uncommon) Of or pertaining to a conspiracy theory.
- 2021, Jason M. Hough, Instinct, A Novel, page 194:
- He nods. "Exactly. He was going all conspiratard about it. Like they're listening in on our calls, still out for revenge against Chief Gorman. He was really worked up. You know how he can be.”
- 2023, Matt Grimm, AMSTERDAM APOCALYPSE, A Post-apocalyptic Thriller:
- "Let's not go all conspiratard," Mundy said. "We have enough problems without imagining more."
Noun
conspiratard (plural conspiratards)
- (slang, derogatory, uncommon) A conspiracy theorist.
- 2007, Gremlin, News of the Stupid, Wasted, Inc. (2007), →ISBN, page 244:
- Nothing's quite funnier than a conspiratard conspiratorially whispering about the Thought Police, because they just know about them.
- 2014 March 27, Chris Fay, “'Conspiratards' bring in ratings but put the rest of us at risk”, in The Bournemouth Rock, number 20, page 9:
- Why do these ‘conspiratards’ believe what they do? Why do they harbour these nonsensical ideas?
- 2007, Gremlin, News of the Stupid, Wasted, Inc. (2007), →ISBN, page 244: