Guardianista

English

Etymology

From Guardian +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪstə

Noun

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.