plural libs
2
informal
a
: a politically liberal person : liberal entry 2 sense a
The reason Obama keeps tilting left is that so many independents have dumped him and he has almost no chance of getting them back. So energizing libs for a massive turnout is his next-best hope.—
Michael Goodwin
Michael Goodwin
b
Lib plural Libs
: a member or supporter of a Liberal political party : liberal entry 2 sense b
Like their Labor counterparts, many young Libs found willing political patronage and slipped seamlessly onto the payrolls of MPs and some eventually entered Parliament themselves, to play politics on a bigger field.—George Morgan
George Morgan1
liberal
2
librarian, library
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Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2025
He’s also raised money for Gazans, shat on lib commander Gavin Newsom, and urged his fellow comrades to ditch Discord and get burner phones.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
Each guest was invited to hurl a brick through the windows — a dandy way of trolling the libs.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 23 Oct. 2025
While Posobiec was trolling the libs, Kirk, just 24 years old at the time, was busy raising millions of dollars to grow TPUSA into a powerful organization on the right.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
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Noun
What an undemanding fantasy Carmen is: an old-fashioned Greatest Generation stoic who’s also young and has never heard of women’s lib.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2025
He’s also raised money for Gazans, shat on lib commander Gavin Newsom, and urged his fellow comrades to ditch Discord and get burner phones.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
Each guest was invited to hurl a brick through the windows — a dandy way of trolling the libs.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 23 Oct. 2025
While Posobiec was trolling the libs, Kirk, just 24 years old at the time, was busy raising millions of dollars to grow TPUSA into a powerful organization on the right.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Lib.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lib. Accessed 9 Dec. 2025.
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