Kadrun

In Indonesian politics, the term kadrun is an Indonesian abbreviation of kadal gurun (desert lizard), a nickname addressed to people who are considered narrow-minded, especially those influenced by extremism and fundamentalism from the Middle East, to stigmatize those labelled as radical islamist.^[1] They are also stereotyped to wear cadar, thawb, pants that reveal their ankles (cingkrang), and grow their beard.^[2]

Since 13 September 2019, the trend for pronouncing kadrun has beaten the volume trend for mentioning similar animal-based political term of cebong (tadpole) for pro-Jokowi during the 2019 Indonesian presidential election, referring to Jokowi fondness of keeping tadpoles in the palace ground; and kampret (microbat) for pro-Prabowo during the 2019 Indonesian presidential election, coming from a play for Prabowo's coalition acronym of KMP (Indonesian: Koalisi Merah Putih, Red and White Coalition).^[3][4]

"Desert lizard" refers to the Uromastyx aegyptia, a type of lizard commonly found in the deserts of the Middle East^{[citation needed]}