LINO en · NOUN
Etymology
Modelled after RINO (“Republican in name only”).
Meanings
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(US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, derogatory) Acronym of Libertarian in name only, typically used by libertarian members of the U.S. Libertarian Party to describe Libertarians whose views perceived as insufficiently libertarian.
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As Glenn Beck was bashing Sarvis as a GPS-installing LINO on his show,,^([sic]) his muckraking journalists at TheBlaze "revealed" that Sarvis was "bankrolled" by an "Obama bundler."
2014 March 8, John Vaught Labeaume, “No Thanks, CPAC. This Libertarian Won't Attend a Conservative Love-Fest.”, in Reason, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2022:
Forms
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| LINOs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |