I think I've deduced the derivation of "moonbats." In 1944, McDonnell P-67B aircraft were nicknamed "Moonbats."
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As near as I can tell, Jonah Goldberg may have been the first to use the phrase, "higher than a moonbat" in the vernacular, circa 2001.
"Anyway, what I want from you guys is more grist for the mill to make this argument. Is it fair to say that, like Turkish toilets and earthquakes, how a civilization considers the canine can tell you a lot about it? And if so, what? Am I higher than moonbat for even discussing this? I await your response (please put "Canine Civilization" in the subject header), and I'm off to the movies."
National Review Online; Goldberg File; The True Clash of Civilizations; Jonah Goldberg; December 14, 2001 (via Lexis-Nexis).
There were earlier iterations of Moonbat, e.g., a Japanese clothing company, but that's not slang.
And from Jonah to the world . . . . |
