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What (who) is lunatic fringe - definition

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Lunatic fringe (disambiguation); Lunatic Fringe; Lunatic Fringe (disambiguation); The Lunatic Fringe

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[IBM] Customers who can be relied upon to accept release 1 versions of software. [Jargon File]
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If you refer to a group of people as the lunatic fringe, you mean that they are very extreme in their opinions or behaviour.
Demands for a separate Siberia are confined for now to the lunatic fringe.
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Lunatic fringe         
Lunatic fringe is a term used to characterize members of a political or social movement as extremists with eccentric or fanatical views. Theodore Roosevelt is widely credited with having popularized the term, which he used with gusto:

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Lunatic fringe

Lunatic fringe, a derogatory term used to characterize members of a political or social movement as extremists with eccentric or fanatical views, may refer to:

  • "Lunatic Fringe" (song), a 1981 song by Red Rider
  • LFNG, a gene in the Notch pathway
  • Jon Moxley (born 1985), nicknamed "Lunatic Fringe", American professional wrestler
  • "Lunatic Fringe", a 1999 episode of the TV series The Net
  • Lunatic Fringe, a screensaver in the After Dark screensaver pack
  • "The Lunatic Fringe", branding for radio station WEBN, Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Examples of use of lunatic fringe
1. There is an issue about the lunatic fringe of preachers.
2. By Alan Hamilton COMMON sense has, for once, reined in the lunatic fringe of homophobia.
3. It seems to be on the lunatic fringe of drug thinking.
4. It hurts us in the same way that the lunatic–fringe Muslims hurt Islam.
5. But how much longer can he go on dismissing UKIP and its supporters as part of the lunatic fringe?