nazi bar
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.19 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A space in which bigots or extremists have come to dominate due to a lack of moderation or by moderators wishing to remain neutral or avoid conflict.
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Nazi, bar.
Example Sentences
- "Social media platforms are virtual monopolies only by the virtue that alternatives immediately establish themselves as either "hug boxes" or "nazi bars"."
- "I’d venture to say this is especially important reading for those of us who formed our opinions on this topic before the New Atheist movement became a Nazi bar."
- "Tabletop Simulator's forums and community have essentially melted under the blazing bigot influx at this point. It's a Nazi bar now."
Etymology
Popularized by a July 2020 tweet by Michael B. Tager (@IamRageSparkle) explaining how he had once witnessed a bartender expell a non-disruptive customer whose "vest … was all nazi shit" because "you have to nip it in the bud immediately. These guys come in and it's always a nice, polite one. And you serve them because you don't want to cause a scene. And then they become a regular and after awhile they bring a friend. And that dude is cool too. And then THEY bring friends and the friends bring friends and they stop being cool and then you realize, oh shit, this is a Nazi bar now.["]