aleprechaunist
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a- + leprechaun + -ist, based on atheist.
Noun[edit]
aleprechaunist (plural aleprechaunists)
- (very rare, humorous) A person who does not believe in leprechauns.
- 2002 January 8, Dale McGowan, Calling Bernadette's Bluff: A Novel[1], Xlibris, →ISBN, page 200:
- "Put it this way. You believe in leprechauns?"
"Uh... no." She smirks. "I firmly renounce any and all belief in leprechauns."
"And so, if I wanted to fully and richly characterize your world view, do you think ‘aleprechaunist’ would do it?"
- 2015 January 6, Marshall Brain, How "God" Works: A Logical Inquiry on Faith, Sterling Ethos, →ISBN, page 263:
- Am I an atheist? No. Nor am I an aleprechaunist—that label would be just as silly.
- 2019 February 24, Dawkins on Religion[2], spoken by Richard Dawkins, via Al Jazeera:
- Nobody can actually say for certain that anything doesn't exist, but I'm an atheist in the same way as I am an aleprechaunist and an afairyist and an apinkunicornist.
Usage notes[edit]
- Used to make comparisons with atheists and atheism.