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pay-triot

pay-triot is the alternative form of paytriot.

Meaning of paytriot

Noun

paytriot (plural paytriots)

  1. (derogatory, rare) A right-wing activist (especially a supporter of the QAnon movement) who uses the movement to make money for themselves rather than to advance its goals.
    • Nothing illegal about any of this to my knowledge. Indeed, this is the very above-board racket of running an independent political committee. Everyone does it. Left, right, center and none of the above. And anyway, why shouldn't a true pay-triot get paid?2013 May 15, Stephen Lemons, “Joe Arpaio's Fave Pay-triot John Philip Sousa IV Fires Back, Makes Bank Off Peddling Joe”, in Phoenix New Times, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2019

Forms of pay-triot

pluralpay-triots

Questions about pay-triot

What is pay-triot the alternative form of?
Pay-triot is the alternative form of paytriot.

Words near pay-triot in the dictionary

  1. pay-per-view
  2. pay-to-play
  3. pay-to-stay
  4. pay-to-view
  5. pay-to-win
  6. pay-triot
  7. pay-triots
  8. pay-TV
  9. paya
  10. payability
  11. payable

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