digital brownshirt
English
Etymology
From digital + brownshirt, coined by former U.S. vice president Al Gore in 2005.[1][2]
Pronunciation
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Noun
digital brownshirt (plural digital brownshirts)
- (slang, US, derogatory) A right-wing blogger.
References
- Al Gore (October 2005), “Al Gore Addresses We Media”, in We Media: “They paid actors to make make phony video press releases and paid cash to some reporters who were willing to take it in return for positive stories. And every day they unleash squadrons of digital brownshirts to harass and hector any journalist who is critical of the President.”
- “Digital Brownshirts”, in Webster’s Quotations, Facts and Phrases, Icon Group International, Inc., 2008, →ISBN