Guardianista

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Guardian +‎ -ista

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Guardianista (plural Guardianistas)

  1. (British, slang, derogatory) A reader of the Guardian newspaper, regarded as middle-class, excessively liberal and politically correct, etc.
    • 2005, Tim Worstall, 2005: Dispatches from the Blogosphere:
      And so the Guardianista is prepared for a tragic story of injustice and retribution, brought about by the evil that stalks the dark corners of cyberspace.
    • 2007, Adam Thorpe, Between Each Breath:
      [] the shrieking 'Guardianista' class and poor old Trevor Norris, because Trevor Norris was a local pain in the arse who'd once opposed a Heath development []
    • 2007 December 10, “Better an engine driver than a Guardianista!”, in Daily Mail:
      But if councils were still run part-time by engine drivers — not self-regarding, pious Guardianistas — at the very least we'd get our dustbins emptied once a week.