tinhattery
tinhattery noun: the belief in, or propagation of, conspiracy theories.
Noun
tinhattery (uncountable)
- The belief in, or propagation of, conspiracy theories.
- In the weeks and months following the airing of the finale, the tinhattery culminated with the assertion that the producers of Sherlock had created an Alternate Reality Game (which they had bafflingly failed to promote) and had sprinkled clues throughout the Season 4 episodes, in their interviews...2017, Nicholas Meyer, “The Adventure of the Singular Friend”, in Christopher Redmond, editor, About Being a Sherlockian: 60 Essays Celebrating the Sherlock Holmes Community, page 171
- There are unanswered questions about Epstein’s death, and they demand answers. Equally, however, there are simpler possibilities here than Trump- and/or Clinton-adjacent tinhattery.2019 August 12, Jon Allsop, “After Jeffrey Epstein’s death, conspiracies—and journalism—flourish”, in Columbia Journalism Review
- Synonyms:
- tinfoilhattery
Synonyms of tinhattery
Origin of tinhattery
From tinhat + -ery.
Questions about tinhattery
- What does tinhattery mean?
- Tinhattery means the belief in, or propagation of, conspiracy theories.
- What part of speech is tinhattery?
- Tinhattery is a noun.
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