bigot
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
bigot
n 1: a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions
differing from his own
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bigot \Big"ot\, n. [F. bigot a bigot or hypocrite, a name once
given to the Normans in France. Of unknown origin; possibly
akin to Sp. bigote a whisker; hombre de bigote a man of
spirit and vigor; cf. It. s-bigottire to terrify, to appall.
Wedgwood and others maintain that bigot is from the same
source as Beguine, Beghard.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A hypocrite; esp., a superstitious hypocrite. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
2. A person who regards his own faith and views in matters of
religion as unquestionably right, and any belief or
opinion opposed to or differing from them as unreasonable
or wicked. In an extended sense, a person who is
intolerant of opinions which conflict with his own, as in
politics or morals; one obstinately and blindly devoted to
his own church, party, belief, or opinion.
[1913 Webster]
To doubt, where bigots had been content to wonder
and believe. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
from
Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
bigot
n.
[common] A person who is religiously attached to a particular
computer, language, operating system, editor, or other tool (see
{religious issues}). Usually found with a specifier; thus, Cray bigot,
ITS bigot, APL bigot, VMS bigot, Berkeley bigot. Real bigots can be
distinguished from mere partisans or zealots by the fact that they
refuse to learn alternatives even when the march of time and/or
technology is threatening to obsolete the favored tool. It is truly
said "You can tell a bigot, but you can't tell him much." Compare
{weenie}, {Amiga Persecution Complex}.
from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
bigot
A person who is religiously attached to a particular computer,
language, operating system, editor, or other tool (see
{religious issues}). Usually found with a specifier; thus,
"Cray bigot", "ITS bigot", "APL bigot", "VMS bigot", "Berkeley
bigot". Real bigots can be distinguished from mere partisans
or zealots by the fact that they refuse to learn alternatives
even when the march of time and/or technology is threatening
to obsolete the favoured tool. It is truly said "You can tell
a bigot, but you can't tell him much." Compare {weenie}.
[{Jargon File}]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "bigot":
Anglophobe, Russophobe, approver, ass, bitter-ender, bug,
bullethead, chauvinist, diehard, doctrinaire, dogmatist,
dogmatizer, donkey, fanatic, fiend, freak, hardnose, hater,
illiberal, infallibilist, intolerant, intransigeant, intransigent,
jingo, last-ditcher, male chauvinist, man-hater, maniac, maverick,
misanthrope, misanthropist, misogynist, mule, nut, opinionist,
perverse fool, pig, pighead, positivist, purist, racist, sexist,
standpat, standpatter, stickler, superpatriot, ultranationalist,
woman-hater, xenophobe, zealot
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