Loonie n.
a native or inhabitant of the Moon; = Lunarian n.; Lunite n.; Lunarite n.
Demonyms
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1941 Startling Stories Mar. 123
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We’ve lots to show you, from the Loonies on the Moon to the marsh-tigers of Venus.
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1951
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Frederik Pohl
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It’s an old Loonie city.
Danger Moon in Science Fiction Quarterly Aug. 47/2 -
1965
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Robert A. Heinlein
If you think any Loonie in those days would hesitate to take advantage of Warden, then you aren’t a Loonie.
Moon is a Harsh Mistress in Worlds of If Dec. 14/2 -
1970
Lin Carter
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Same thing happened later in the same century, when Luna, the satellite of Sol III, was settled. The colonists were indignant to the point of being ferocious about being called ‘Loonies’.
Star Rogue 131 -
1995
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Rudy Rucker
Monique’s tissues had at least three other basic attractor modes as well: the spread-out ‘puddle’ shape she used for soaking up sun, the sea-going ‘shark’ shape, and the rarely used ‘rocket’ shape that moldies could use to fly between the Earth and the Moon, not that a moldie like Monique had any desire to go to the Moon with its crazed loonie culture of outlaw moldies.
Loonies Need You in Interzone Apr. 10/2 -
1998
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David Gerrold
Alexei is a native Loonie, down here for college and muscles.
Jumping off the Planet in Science Fiction Age Jan. 53/2 -
2015
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Karen Bao
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I used to hate Loonies. All Odans do. But in my opinion, only the Jupiters and generals and Committee members are truly awful. The rest of you are... tolerable. And you? Definitely more than tolerable.
Dove Arising xli. 309
Research requirements
antedating 1941
Research History
Suggested by Bill Mullins, who also submitted a number of the cites.Ben Ostrowsky submitted a 2015 cite from Karen Bao.
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