Loonixtard

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noun

A highly dogmatic advocate of Linux.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounLoonixtard (plural Loonixtards)

plural Loonixtards

  1. derogatoryoffensivevulgarReddit slangA highly dogmatic advocate of Linux.

    Eww a loonixtard

    2026 May 11, @Tarek724375, X (post), archived from the original on 24 Jun 2026
    4 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 2026

    this 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 2026

    Nothing 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 2026

    I 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

  1. Englishloon
  2. Ancient GreekΛῖνος (Lînos)
  3. LatinLinus
  4. EnglishLinus
  5. Proto-Indo-European*mel-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ml̥tós?
  7. Proto-Italic*moltos
  8. Latinmulti-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pel-der.?
  10. Latinmultiplex
  11. Englishmultiplexed
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  13. Proto-Italic*en
  14. Proto-Italic*en-
  15. Latinin-
  16. Ancient Greekμορφή (morphḗ)der.?
  17. Latinfōrma
  18. Latinfōrmō
  19. Latinīnfōrmō
  20. Late Latinīnfōrmātiō
  21. Middle Englishenformacioun
  22. Englishinformation
  23. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  24. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  25. Proto-Italic*kom
  26. Proto-Italic*kom-
  27. Latincon-
  28. Latinputus
  29. Latinputō
  30. Latincomputō
  31. Latincomputāre
  32. Frenchcomputer
  33. Englishcomputing
  34. Proto-Indo-European*ser-der.?
  35. Proto-Italic*serwos
  36. Latinservus
  37. Latinservitium
  38. Old Frenchservise
  39. Old Englishserfis
  40. Middle Englishservise
  41. Englishservice
  42. EnglishMultiplexed Information and Computing Service
  43. EnglishMultics
  44. Englisheunuchinflu.
  45. EnglishUnix
  46. EnglishLinux
  47. EnglishLoonix
  48. Proto-Italic*wre-
  49. Latinre-
  50. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  51. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂dos
  52. Proto-Italic*tardos
  53. Latintardus
  54. Latinretardō
  55. Anglo-Normanretarder
  56. Middle Englishretarden
  57. Englishretard
  58. EnglishLoonixtard

From Loonix + -tard.

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Cite this entry
APA

Loonixtard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Loonixtard

MLA

“Loonixtard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Loonixtard. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Loonixtard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Loonixtard.

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