tinfoil hatter
English
Etymology
tinfoil hat + -er
Noun
tinfoil hatter (plural tinfoil hatters)
- (slang, derogatory) One who believes in and/or propagates conspiracy theories.
- 2005, Margot Roosevelt, "Not in My Water Supply", Time, 17 October 2005:
- The Washington State Dental Association is backing his $300,000 pro-fluoride campaign. Danelle Weaver and her friends, meanwhile, have raised less than $10,000. But they are undaunted. "People think we are tinfoil hatters," says Weaver, "but we're just average families who take the time to research and want what's best for our children."
- 2012, Roger Bouwman, 99 Days, Lulu.com (2012), →ISBN, page 11:
- We then tell the public and get laughed at and called crazy tinfoil hatters and then it happens just as we said it would.
- 2014, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Love Is the Drug, Arthur A. Levine Books (2014), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
- She doesn't know whom to believe, but she agrees with the tinfoil hatters about one thing: Something is weird here.
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:tinfoil hatter.
- 2005, Margot Roosevelt, "Not in My Water Supply", Time, 17 October 2005:
Translations
one who believes in conspiracy theories
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