Dave Spart

English Etymology Coined by Private Eye, playing on the word en Spartacist a member of the International Communist League. Noun 1 en UK A far left radical. en Spart en 1981 Reyner Banham Design by Choice Academy Editions London Now every Dave Spart up the commune knows that basically, to his mind, the only, like, real theatre, man, is made by the people, you know, in the street, man, in the street. en 1984 The Spectator But of course there is no shortage of people with ingenious ideas about how public money should be spent, and Ken is quite right when he warns us about a whole new generation of Dave Sparts currently working up from the grass roots en 1992 New Statesman Society We don't get many Dave Sparts these days chopping hands, invoking the working class and using the word "total" twice in every sentence. en 2000 Overland Like McGuinness, Wark's Left is populated by a cast of grotesques; of Dave Sparts who sleep with copies of Trotsky's Literature and Revolution tucked under their pillows. Derived terms en Spartist See also en Bufton Tufton Anagrams en aadeprstv vardapets en People Private Eye UK politics