Randroid

English Etymology en Rand android. Pronunciation en En-au-Randroid.ogg AU Noun en slang derogatory A supporter of Ayn Rand's philosophies, particularly an overzealous one. 1980 — Barry B. Longyear, Science Fiction Writer's Workshop-I: An Introduction to Fiction Mechanics, iUniverse (2002), 0595225535, page 123: Rand's Atlas Shrugged. The only trouble with Rand's brand of "freedom" is having to take your brain to the cleaners weekly. Libertarians and Randroids. Always walking around and muttering to themselves; worrying about everyone else's lack of morals. Never met a bigger bunch of crooks in my life. en 2007 Wayne Dwight Richards; Richard Ransdell; & LaDawna Word-Denslow Dragon Drive: A Comedia Mundana http://books.google.com/books?id=whDdEPyGpCQC&pg=PT180 iUniverse 9780595474424 She was a very unpleasant lady, and one of the most unpleasant things about her was that she was what you might call a 'born-again Randroid,' someone who'd taken Ayn Rand's teachings to such extremes that she made Rand herself look like a flaming liberal by comparison. You know the type?" en 2011 Cole Stryker Epic Win for Anonymous: How 4chan's Army Conquered the Web http://books.google.com/books?id=cbWNirl8gsMC&pg=PT42&lpg=PT42 The Overlook Press 9781590207383 Despite being populated by Randroids (Ayn Rand devotees) and sci-fi geeks, 4chan's literature board is another that continually surprises with clever content. en Adjective en slang derogatory Supporting Ayn Rand's philosophies, particularly overzealously. en 1999 Jeff Walker The Ayn Rand Cult Open Court 0812693906 http://books.google.com/books?id=GDBbAAAAMAAJ&q=%22randroid%22 199 Their high-minded contextually-applied principles typically deteriorated in practice into a ranting rule-mongering no more edifying than that of the plebeian Randroid contingent. en 2004 Tibor R. Machan The Man Without A Hobby: Adventures of a Gregarious Egoist http://books.google.com/books?id=oFm2F7LbtOQC&pg=PA107 107 Hamilton Books 9780761829461 At the same meeting I was interviewed by the philosopher and historian George Walsh, a follower of Ayn Rand. The interview turned out to be a disaster, for after it had already been scheduled Walsh heard from Harry Binswanger — a Randroid loyalist I used to call the Basil Rathbone of the Objectivist gang, since since he seemed to fit the image of a ruthless henchman — that I was a "liar." en 2024-03-18 О.К., Doomer w:Andrew Marantz Scott Alexander w:The New Yorker 50 https://archive.org/details/marc1_20240616/The_New_Yorker_-_March_18_2024/page/50/mode/1up “Socialists think we're sociopathic Randroid moneyobsessed Silicon Valley hypercapitalists. But Silicon Valley thinks we're all overregulation-loving authoritarian communist bureaucrats. . . . Get in now, while it’s still unpopular!” en eponyms en Objectivism Fans (people)