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Sheeple
« on: June 30, 2022, 08:53:45 PM »
Definition of sheeple from Merriam-Webster

informal
: people who are docile, compliant, or easily influenced : people likened to sheep.

A suggestion for inclusion.
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Re: Sheeple
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2022, 10:40:21 PM »
Call me a sheeple, but I tried that as well...  :o :o :o
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Re: Sheeple
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2022, 03:08:46 PM »
Sheeple is in a few of the dictionaries. I would have guessed it to be a relatively recent coinage, but the OED has examples from 1945 and 1949.

I'll add it as a rare word.

RTT, I won't call you a sheeple, because I believe it's a word that can only be used in the plural. I could call you one of the sheeple I suppose.
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Re: Sheeple
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2022, 03:33:41 PM »
lol  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Sheeple
« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2022, 04:26:37 PM »
Surprised to know that the word goes back  early 80 years! Thanks, Alan.
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