Kossack

English

Etymology

From Daily Kos (derived in turn from Kos, nickname of the blog's founder Markos Moulitsas) and cossack.

Noun

Kossack (plural Kossacks)

1. (US, politics, Internet slang) A member of the leftist US blogging community Daily Kos.
   • 2005 March 2, Dean Barnett, “Kos Party”, in The Weekly Standard‎^[1]:

     Opined one Kossack: "His blood is also on Bush's hands."

   • 2006 June 25, David Brooks, “Respect Must Be Paid”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     The Kingpin had instructed his Kossack cultists to support Brown's Democratic primary rival, Paul Hackett.

See also

• Freeper