Etymology

cybernat

cy·ber·nat
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Today it means: A Scottish nationalist who takes part in Internet activism. Full definition →

First used 2000s.
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The story

Clipping of cybernationalist as a play on cybernaut, said to have been coined by British politician George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock (born 1942): see the 5 July 2012 quotation.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 2000s. A Scottish nationalist who takes part in Internet activism.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.