sheeple
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈʃiːpəl/
- (derogatory, slang) People who unquestioningly accept as true whatever their political leaders say or who adopt popular opinion as their own without scrutiny.
- 2005 Sept. 11, Glen Justice and John Files, "Commemoration or Promotion? Walk Highlights Iraq Divide ↗," New York Times (retrieved 21 Aug 2014):
- War protesters . . . did appear along Mr. Rumsfeld's path carrying signs saying "Bush is a Liar" and "Wake Up, Sheeple".
- 2009 Aug. 27, Aaron Wherry, "The Commons: You bore us, Mr. Ignatieff ↗," Macleans (Canada) (retrieved 21 Aug 2014):
- [F]ormer MP Garth Turner’s new book . . . is entitled Sheeple, a term apparently applied to people who often take on the characteristics—curly white hair covering most of the body, fondness for grazing, tendency to do as told—of sheep.
- 2010 Aug. 20, Richard Adams, "The American far-right's top 10 paranoid conspiracy theories (photo caption) ↗," Guardian (UK) (retrieved 21 Aug 2014)
- Harmless vapour trails left by planes? That's what they want you to think, sheeple.
- 2005 Sept. 11, Glen Justice and John Files, "Commemoration or Promotion? Walk Highlights Iraq Divide ↗," New York Times (retrieved 21 Aug 2014):
- French: mouton de Panurge
- German: Fähnchen im Wind, Herdenmensch, Jasager, Mitläufer, Schaf, Schlafschaf, Untertan, Wellenreiter
- Portuguese: manada, gado
- Russian: о́вощ
- Spanish: borregada (colloquial)
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