Moonbat

From Langmaker

moonbat n. (barking moonbat) [Play on the name George Monbiot, radical left-wing British columnist, with the connotations of moon = "lunatic" and bat = "batty". Coined in 2002 by Perry de Havilland, the editor of Samizdata.] Pejorative. 1. Extremists. 2. Left-wing partisans, especially left-wing bloggers.

Recent Citation:

"But now the determined moonbat hordes have exposed multiple instances of what clearly appear to me to be blatant lifting of entire, unique passages by Ben from other writers." - Michelle Malkin, as quoted by Howard Kurtz, "Post.com Blogger Quits Amid Furor"; Washington Post; Saturday, March 25, 2006; Page C01

Earliest Citation:

"Barking moonbat - noun. Someone on the extreme edge of whatever their -ism happens to be." - Perry de Havilland, "Blog Glossary, 2002