tinfoil hatter
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.33 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person who believes in or propagates conspiracy theories; a conspiracy theorist.
Derogatory; Slang
Example Sentences
- "The Washington State Dental Association is backing his $300,000 pro-fluoride campaign. Danelle Weaver and her friends, meanwhile, have raised less than $10,000. But they are undaunted. "People think we are tinfoil hatters," says Weaver, "but we're just average families who take the time to research and want what's best for our children.""
- "We then tell the public and get laughed at and called crazy tinfoil hatters and then it happens just as we said it would."
- "She doesn't know whom to believe, but she agrees with the tinfoil hatters about one thing: Something is weird here."
Etymology
From tinfoil hat + -er.