Meanings
nounbugman (plural bugmen)
plural bugmen
- InternetderogatoryA liberal, seen as consumerist and conformist.
If u have not been convicted by some LARP, by some Nostalgia, a desire to go home, ur a bugman.
2016 November 18, @NightErrantry, Twitter, archived from the original on 07 Apr 20231 more example
Those loyal to him imitate his posts of young, muscled white men in tropical locales, BAPian slang, and critiques of liberal "bugmen."
2021, A. James McAdams, Alejandro Castrillon, Contemporary Far-Right Thinkers and the Future of Liberal Democracy, page 297
Origin
From bug + man. Popularised by the far-right blogger Bronze Age Pervert in 2018.
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APA
bugman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bugman
MLA
“bugman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bugman. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bugman,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bugman.
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