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"Cuckservative" is a pejorative[1] formed as a portmanteau of "cuck", an abbreviation of the word "cuckold", and the political designation "conservative".[2] It has become a derogatory label used by white nationalists and the alt-right in the United States to denigrate conservatives.[3][4][5][6]
The word "cuckservative" reached a high level of mainstream political conversation around mid-July 2015, where it gained media attention just a few weeks before the start of the first Republican primary debate for the 2016 United States presidential election.[4][7]
The term, as well as the shortened form "cuck" for cuckold, originated on websites such as 4chan (specifically the /pol/ imageboard) and 8chan, the right-wing message board My Posting Career,[1][8] the blog The Right Stuff,[9] and other sites associated with the alt-right.[8][10][11]
- ^ a b Weigel, David (July 29, 2015). "'Cuckservative' — the conservative insult of the month, explained". Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 29, 2016. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
- ^ Rozsa, Matthew (August 13, 2015). "Conservatives' crippling masculinity crisis: Cuckservatives, men's rights activism and the privilege the right refuses to acknowledge". Salon. Archived from the original on August 22, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
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- ^ Bernstein, Joseph (July 28, 2015). "Behind The Racist Hashtag That Is Blowing Up Twitter". BuzzFeed. Archived from the original on August 20, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
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splcenter-08-07-2015was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Alt Right: A Primer about the New White Supremacy". Anti-Defamation League. February 10, 2016. Archived from the original on February 18, 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
- ^ Gray, Rosie (December 27, 2015). "How 2015 Fueled The Rise Of The Freewheeling, White Nationalist Alt Right Movement". Buzzfeed News. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
- ^ Welton, Benjamin (February 1, 2016). "What, Exactly, is the 'Alternative Right?'". The Weekly Standard. Archived from the original on January 31, 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2016.