LINO

English

Etymology

Modelled after RINO (“Republican in name only”).

Noun

LINO (plural LINOs)

1. (US politics, derogatory) Acronym of Libertarian in name only. Typically used by libertarian members of the U.S. Libertarian Party to describe Libertarians whose views perceived as insufficiently libertarian.
   • 2014 March 8, John Vaught Labeaume, “No Thanks, CPAC. This Libertarian Won't Attend a Conservative Love-Fest.”, in Reason Magazine‎^[1]:

     As Glenn Beck was bashing Sarvis as a GPS-installing LINO on his show,,^[sic] his muckraking journalists at TheBlaze "revealed" that Sarvis was "bankrolled" by an "Obama bundler."

Related terms

• DINO
• GINO
• RINO

Anagrams

• Lion, Nilo-, Olin, lion, loin, noil