Wingnut

[lsanderson]

I've been unable to find a good definition of wingnut. My guess is that the sense I'm seeing it used in is being driven by the blogs that I'm reading.

Comments

[sleepingzebras.livejournal.com]

is this too simple?

wing nut "nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning"

and a million cute pictures at mcmaster.com

[davidschroth.livejournal.com]

I believe lsanderson is referring to a different variety of wingnut.

[sleepingzebras.livejournal.com]

ah! Wingnut: syn. space cadet, dingbat, ditz, etc.?

[lsanderson.livejournal.com]

Yes -- and is only one of the current defs

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Isn't it a Teddy Harvia comic strip character?

K. [has a wingnuts comic book around someplace]

[cakmpls.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is. Somewhere I have a cartoon of a Wingnut visiting me in my Minicon hotel room where I am holed up with two lively toddlers. (This is, of course, a very old cartoon.)