bugman

See also: bug-man

English

Etymology

From bug +‎ man. Popularised by the far-right blogger Bronze Age Pervert in 2018. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bugman (plural bugmen)

  1. (Internet slang, derogatory) A liberal, seen as consumerist and conformist.
    • 2016 November 18, @NightErrantry (Twitter) [1]
      If u have not been convicted by some LARP, by some Nostalgia, a desire to go home, ur a bugman.
    • 2021, A. James McAdams, Alejandro Castrillon, Contemporary Far-Right Thinkers and the Future of Liberal Democracy, page 297:
      Those loyal to him imitate his posts of young, muscled white men in tropical locales, BAPian slang, and critiques of liberal "bugmen."
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