A pejorative American political slang term for an aggressive right-wing online commentator or blogger — someone who uses intimidation, coordinated harassment, or authoritarian rhetoric in digital spaces. The 'brownshirt' reference invokes Nazi stormtroopers, making this a serious insult. Used by critics of the right-wing blogosphere, particularly in the early-to-mid 2000s.
The columnist called the coordinated harassment campaign the work of digital brownshirts.
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(slang, US, derogatory) A right-wing blogger.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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