digital brownshirt

noun

A right-wing blogger.

Meanings

noundigital brownshirt (plural digital brownshirts)

plural digital brownshirts

  1. USderogatoryslangA right-wing blogger.

Origin

From digital + brownshirt, coined by former U.S. vice president Al Gore in 2005.

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APA

digital brownshirt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digital%20brownshirt

MLA

“digital brownshirt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digital%20brownshirt. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “digital brownshirt,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digital%20brownshirt.

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