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bugman

bugman noun: a liberal, seen as consumerist and conformist.

Noun

bugman (plural bugmen)

  1. (Internet, derogatory) A liberal, seen as consumerist and conformist.
    • If u have not been convicted by some LARP, by some Nostalgia, a desire to go home, ur a bugman.2016 November 18, @NightErrantry, Twitter, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2023
    • Those loyal to him imitate his posts of young, muscled white men in tropical locales, BAPian slang, and critiques of liberal "bugmen."2021, A. James McAdams, Alejandro Castrillon, Contemporary Far-Right Thinkers and the Future of Liberal Democracy, page 297

Forms of bugman

pluralbugmen

Origin of bugman

From bug + man. Popularised by the far-right blogger Bronze Age Pervert in 2018.

Questions about bugman

What does bugman mean?
Bugman means a liberal, seen as consumerist and conformist.
What part of speech is bugman?
Bugman is a noun.
What is the plural of bugman?
The plural of bugman is bugmen.

Words near bugman in the dictionary

  1. Bugliosis
  2. bugloss
  3. buglosses
  4. bugly
  5. bugmail
  6. bugman
  7. bugmen
  8. Bugnay
  9. bugnuts
  10. Bugolobi
  11. bugologist

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