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bugman

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English

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Etymology

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From bug +‎ man.

Noun

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bugman (plural bugmen)

  1. (Internet slang, derogatory) A liberal, seen as consumerist and conformist.
    • 2016 November 18, @NightErrantry (Twitter) [1]
      If u have not been convicted by some LARP, by some Nostalgia, a desire to go home, ur a bugman.
    • 2021, A. James McAdams, Alejandro Castrillon, Contemporary Far-Right Thinkers and the Future of Liberal Democracy, page 297:
      Those loyal to him imitate his posts of young, muscled white men in tropical locales, BAPian slang, and critiques of liberal "bugmen."
  2. (derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of perceived Chinese ethnicity or descent.