Meanings
plural Guardianistas
- UKderogatoryslangA reader of the Guardian newspaper, regarded as middle-class, excessively liberal and politically correct, etc.
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.
2005, Tim Worstall, 2005: Dispatches from the Blogosphere2 more examples
[…] 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, Adam Thorpe, Between Each BreathBut 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.
2007 December 10, “Better an engine driver than a Guardianista!”, in Daily Mail
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Guardianista. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Guardianista
“Guardianista.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Guardianista. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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