libertoon

Blend of libertarian +‎ toon, likely influenced by loony tune (“a silly or crazy person”), after the Looney Tunes animated series.

libertoon (plural libertoons)

1. (US, slang, derogatory) A libertarian.
   • 2000 August 16, Clave, “Re: Do you wish your party would say this...”, in alt.politics.libertarian‎ (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 (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 (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.