Meanings
plural Loonixtards
- derogatoryoffensivevulgarReddit slangA highly dogmatic advocate of Linux.
Eww a loonixtard
2026 May 11, @Tarek724375, X (post), archived from the original on 24 Jun 20264 more examples
Here before loonixtards telling us how typing 100 commands is better that a few clicks
2024 August 2, NPC_Tundra, “Impossible to use without loosing sanity.”, in r/linuxsucks (Reddit post), archived from the original on 24 Jun 2026this is what I hate most about loonixtards, whenever windows has some small issue there is always some weightmaxxer both derailing the topic with unwanted opinion and telling the user to use the nuclear option to a simple solution like bro who asked?
2026 June 7, Zeraora807, “Stop telling people to use Linux when they didn't ask for it!”, in r/linuxsucks101 (Reddit post), archived from the original on 24 Jun 2026Nothing is without trade-offs is the universal law and yet loonixtards advertise loonix as no downsides and everything is up n up after installing
2026 June 11, animalcrossing4_4, “The Whole Sub in General - Down-doot: Chime in”, in r/LinuxSnobs (Reddit post), archived from the original on 24 Jun 2026I have seen zero ads on [Windows] 11 and 10 as well I have no idea why loonixtards keep saying this
2026 June 17, @elgoog1954, X (post), archived from the original on 24 Jun 2026
Origin
- Englishloon
- Ancient GreekΛῖνος (Lînos)
- LatinLinus
- EnglishLinus
- Proto-Indo-European*mel-
- Proto-Indo-European*ml̥tós?
- Proto-Italic*moltos
- Latinmulti-
- Proto-Indo-European*pel-der.?
- Latinmultiplex
- Englishmultiplexed
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Italic*en
- Proto-Italic*en-
- Latinin-
- Ancient Greekμορφή (morphḗ)der.?
- Latinfōrma
- Latinfōrmō
- Latinīnfōrmō
- Late Latinīnfōrmātiō
- Middle Englishenformacioun
- Englishinformation
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Latinputus
- Latinputō
- Latincomputō
- Latincomputāre
- Frenchcomputer
- Englishcomputing
- Proto-Indo-European*ser-der.?
- Proto-Italic*serwos
- Latinservus
- Latinservitium
- Old Frenchservise
- Old Englishserfis
- Middle Englishservise
- Englishservice
- EnglishMultiplexed Information and Computing Service
- EnglishMultics
- Englisheunuchinflu.
- EnglishUnix
- EnglishLinux
- EnglishLoonix
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂dos
- Proto-Italic*tardos
- Latintardus
- Latinretardō
- Anglo-Normanretarder
- Middle Englishretarden
- Englishretard
- EnglishLoonixtard
From Loonix + -tard.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Loonixtard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Loonixtard
“Loonixtard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Loonixtard. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Loonixtard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Loonixtard.
Source: Loonixtard on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.