[Ads-l] libtard (8 August 2004), conservatard (24 August 2000)

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Barry Popik's website has an extensive collection of entries covering
political terms.

https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/libtard_liberal_retard/
https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/conservatard_conservative_retard/

Barry has a citation dated July 14, 2004 for libtard. Barry has a
citation dated November 16, 2005 for conservatard, but the Wikitionary
entry has a citation dated August 24, 2000 as Benjamin noted.

Garson
On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 10:47 PM W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> DemonRats, demorats
> Judge Jeanine Pirro recently taught me <DemonRats> /ˈdimǝnˌræts/. Soon
> afterwards, my articulation of it came out as /ˈdɛmoˌræts/, which I found
> as better-sounding, closer to the original, and conjuring up <demolition>
> and <demo> (demonstrator model, a product used for demonstration,
> frequently fobbed off as brand-new); and, as UrbanDic points out, the <c>
> is silent.
>
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