Meanings
- derogatoryslanguncountableThe belief in, or propagation of, conspiracy theories.
There are unanswered questions about Epstein’s death, and they demand answers. Equally, however, there are simpler possibilities here than Trump- and/or Clinton-adjacent tinhattery.
2019 August 12, Jon Allsop, “After Jeffrey Epstein’s death, conspiracies—and journalism—flourish”, in Columbia Journalism Review2 more examples
In the weeks and months following the airing of the finale, the tinhattery culminated with the assertion that the producers of Sherlock had created an Alternate Reality Game (which they had bafflingly failed to promote) and had sprinkled clues throughout the Season 4 episodes, in their interviews and social media posts, and all over the internet.
2017, Nicholas Meyer, “The Adventure of the Singular Friend”, in Christopher Redmond, editor, About Being a Sherlockian: 60 Essays Celebrating the Sherlock Holmes Community, page 171It sure does feel like a lot of people engaging in this tinhattery and self-congratulatory ‘well, I never lived Diddy’ crap care less about the victims than they do their own egos.
2024 October 9, Kayleigh Donaldson, “Piers Morgan Finds Out After F***ing Around With Jay-Z and Beyoncé's Reputations”, in PajibaSynonyms: tinfoilhattery
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe belief in, or propagation of, conspiracy theories.
Origin
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