sheeple
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 7
/ˈʃiːpəl/
Definition of sheeple
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(derogatory, plural, plural-only, slang)People who are perceived as conforming unquestioningly to authority or mainstream beliefs.
“War protesters . . . did appear along Mr. Rumsfeld's path carrying signs saying "Bush is a Liar" and "Wake Up, Sheeple".”
“[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.”
“Harmless vapour trails left by planes? That's what they want you to think, sheeple.”
“He'll take himself down. Yeah, history always proves that, right? Just wait for justice, you sheeple…”
“Being a sheeple isn't always dangerous. A lot of the time it can just make a person look foolish, more than anything.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Blend of sheep (“likened to sheep in a herd that follow without independent thought”) + people.
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