tinhat
tinhat noun: one who promotes a conspiracy theory within a fandom space, especially with regard to shipping or a speculated celebrity relationship. Also the alternative form of tin hat.
Noun
tinhat (plural tinhats)
- One who promotes a conspiracy theory within a fandom space, especially with regard to shipping or a speculated celebrity relationship.
- It is the conspiracy theory aspect of this caricature that is most important here: the LOTRPS tinhats believe in a complex conspiracy in which the stars of the trilogy were being forced by PR to hide their relationships, but the stars in question would find ways to communicate the "truth" to their...2014, Anna Martin, "Writing the Star: Stardom, Fandom and Real Person Fanfiction", thesis submitted to Lancaster University, page 94
- Two people do reply, and the second is noteworthy: "I seriously doubt very many people here legitimately believe any of the boys – okay, with the possible exception of Brendon *facepalm* – is actually gay. Those that do are teenies and tinhats."2020, Judith May Fathallah, Emo: How Fans Defined a Subculture, page 59
- Synonyms:
- tinhatter
Also used as
tinhat is also the alternative form of tin hat.
Synonyms of tinhat
Forms of tinhat
| plural | tinhats |
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Origin of tinhat
From tin + hat.
Words formed from tinhat
Questions about tinhat
- What does tinhat mean?
- Tinhat means one who promotes a conspiracy theory within a fandom space, especially with regard to shipping or a speculated celebrity relationship.
- What part of speech is tinhat?
- Tinhat is a noun.
- What is the plural of tinhat?
- The plural of tinhat is tinhats.
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