Blend of libertarian + toon, likely influenced by loony tune (“a silly or crazy person”), after the Looney Tunes animated series.
libertoon (plural libertoons)
- (US, slang, derogatory) A libertarian.
2000 August 16, Clave, “Re: Do you wish your party would say this...”, in alt.politics.libertarian[1] (Usenet):Only if your point was that you're as typically unprepared to defend your silly philosophy as most evangelical libertoons.
2001 April 12, John, “Re: Socialized Medicine vs. Libertarian Medicine? (Re: What if?)”, in alt.politics.libertarian[2] (Usenet):You libertoons come in with your deceptive soundbites and half-baked ideas that play right into the hands of big business.
2012 January 24, unknown (quoted by jigo), “Re: The government does more harm than good”, in alt.politics.libertarian[3] (Usenet):You libertoons never seem to be interested in talking about making government work better, just dismantling it.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:libertoon.
