"digital brownshirt" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-digital brownshirt.ogg [Australia] Forms: digital brownshirts [plural]
Etymology: From digital + brownshirt, coined by former U.S. vice president Al Gore in 2005. Etymology templates: {{com|en|digital|brownshirt}} digital + brownshirt, {{coin|en|Al Gore|in=2005|nobycat=1|nocap=1|occ=former U.S. vice president}} coined by former U.S. vice president Al Gore in 2005 Head templates: {{en-noun}} digital brownshirt (plural digital brownshirts)
  1. (slang, US, derogatory) A right-wing blogger. Tags: US, derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-digital_brownshirt-en-noun-YkeV1Uyu Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Undetermined quotations with omitted translation

Inflected forms

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