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GNUtard

GNUtard noun: a passionate advocate of GNU software and the GNU philosophy.

Noun

GNUtard (plural GNUtards)

  1. (derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar) A passionate advocate of GNU software and the GNU philosophy.
    • Best Buy Co., Inc. on the other hand is still pressing its suit against moronic GNUtard plaintiffs: […]2010 October 13, Alexander Terekhov, “Sharing the GPL source code, with value addition by vendor specific to his hardware?”, in gnu.misc.discuss (Usenet)
    • QWERTY keyboards are the best because that's what I use and if I use them, they must be awesome (GNUtard logic).2014 January 29, Silver Slimer, “Snit's the victor”, in comp.os.linux.advocacy (Usenet)

Forms of GNUtard

pluralGNUtards

Origin of GNUtard

From GNU + -tard.

Questions about GNUtard

What does GNUtard mean?
GNUtard means a passionate advocate of GNU software and the GNU philosophy.
What part of speech is GNUtard?
GNUtard is a noun.
What is the plural of GNUtard?
The plural of GNUtard is GNUtards.

Words near GNUtard in the dictionary

  1. gnuffs
  2. gnurled
  3. gnus
  4. Gnuse
  5. Gnusmas
  6. GNUtard
  7. GNUtards
  8. GNV
  9. GNVQ
  10. GNVQs
  11. go

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