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Apr 8, 2016
This week’s themeBlend words This week’s words lunkhead clairaudience affluential bankster sheeple This week’s comments AWADmail 719 Next week’s theme Coined words A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Gargsheeple
PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING:
noun: People who unquestioningly accept what’s said by a political leader, marketer, etc.
ETYMOLOGY:
A blend of sheep + people. Earliest documented use: 1945.
USAGE:
“The general public -- the mass of sheeple -- want to cling to two core beliefs.” Pinchas Landau; Who’s in Charge?; Jerusalem Post (Israel); Nov 14, 2014. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Life is short, short, brother! / Ain't it the truth? / And there is no
other / Ain't it the truth? / You gotta rock that rainbow while you still
got your youth! -Yip Harburg, lyricist (8 Apr 1896-1981)
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