Sheeple: It's official...
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Usage:
Apple's debuted a battery case for the juice-sucking iPhone—an ungainly lumpy case the sheeple will happily shell out $99 for. — Doug Criss
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First Known Use: 1945
Yeah, those post-WWII iPhones had particular bad batteries.
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"The simple truth is that you can get away with anything, in government. That covers almost all the evils of the time. Once in, nobody, apparently, can turn you out. The People, as ever (I spell it ‘Sheeple’), will stand anything.[3]
So it is sheep + people. Good to know.
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@Yamikuronue said in Sheeple: It's official...:
So it is sheep + people. Good to know.
yeah. the OED lists it as explicitly that.
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@Yamikuronue said in Sheeple: It's official...:
So it is sheep + people. Good to know.
Was there an alternative etymology out there? Nothing else had ever occurred to me.
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@accalia What I find odd is how they describe the etymology as "blend of sheep and people", which sounds like a truly disgusting smoothie
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@boomzilla sheep + condescending diminuative, something akin to "pupper"
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@RaceProUK said in Sheeple: It's official...:
@accalia What I find odd is how they describe the etymology as "blend of sheep and people", which sounds like a truly disgusting smoothie
mmmmmmm. protein power shake.....
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@RaceProUK said in Sheeple: It's official...:
@accalia What I find odd is how they describe the etymology as "blend of sheep and people", which sounds like a truly disgusting smoothie
Don't knock it til you tried it.
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@Zecc said in Sheeple: It's official...:
@RaceProUK said in Sheeple: It's official...:
@accalia What I find odd is how they describe the etymology as "blend of sheep and people", which sounds like a truly disgusting smoothie
Don't knock it til you tried it.
Long mutton.
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@accalia said in Sheeple: It's official...:
@RaceProUK said in Sheeple: It's official...:
@accalia What I find odd is how they describe the etymology as "blend of sheep and people", which sounds like a truly disgusting smoothie
mmmmmmm. protein power shake.....
O... K...
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<.<backs away slowly
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@RaceProUK said in Sheeple: It's official...:
backs away slowly
The wool adds an interesting dimension to the texture
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@RaceProUK said in Sheeple: It's official...:
@accalia What I find odd is how they describe the etymology as "blend of sheep and people", which sounds like a truly disgusting smoothie
But that provides an excellent way to cleanup after the murders!
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@Luhmann said in Sheeple: It's official...:
@dcon said in Sheeple: It's official...:
after the murders!
what have those poor sheep done to you?
Nothing to me! @RaceProUK did it!
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@dcon said in Sheeple: It's official...:
@Luhmann said in Sheeple: It's official...:
@dcon said in Sheeple: It's official...:
after the murders!
what have those poor sheep done to you?
Nothing to me! @RaceProUK did it!
Me? But I'm innocent!
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@RaceProUK LOL (it's big because I'm on a hidpi machine)
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@Zecc said in Sheeple: It's official...:
First Known Use: 1945
Yeah, those post-WWII iPhones had particular bad batteries.
Yes, they were a bit bulky:
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@Zecc said in Sheeple: It's official...:
@RaceProUK said in Sheeple: It's official...:
@accalia What I find odd is how they describe the etymology as "blend of sheep and people", which sounds like a truly disgusting smoothie
Don't knock it til you tried it.
Ew, there's horse in mine.
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@dcon said in Sheeple: It's official...:
@RaceProUK LOL (it's big because I'm on a hidpi machine)
I'm glad they finally made an emoji for "man with extreme sideburns and a silly hat".
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@RaceProUK said in Sheeple: It's official...:
@accalia What I find odd is how they describe the etymology as "blend of sheep and people", which sounds like a truly disgusting smoothie
If you added "milk" to the description then it sounds like something I'd try... once...
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@anotherusername said in Sheeple: It's official...:
@RaceProUK said in Sheeple: It's official...:
@accalia What I find odd is how they describe the etymology as "blend of sheep and people", which sounds like a truly disgusting smoothie
If you added "milk" to the description then it sounds like something I'd try... once...
Just a shame the Bible has something to say about not doing it. I think...
Something about children and cheese IIRC.
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@PJH Nah, it says not to boil a "kid in his mother's milk."[1] Nothing about cheese.
[1] Exodus 34:26
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@abarker said in Sheeple: It's official...:
@PJH Nah, it says not to boil a "kid in his mother's milk."[1] Nothing about cheese.
[1] Exodus 34:26
What if you boil a kid in his mother's cheese?
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@abarker said in Sheeple: It's official...:
@PJH Nah, it says not to boil a "kid in his mother's milk."[1] Nothing about cheese.
Knew it was something to do with offspring and dairy products...
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@PJH said in Sheeple: It's official...:
Knew it was something to do with offspring and dairy products...
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@Zecc said in Sheeple: It's official...:
First Known Use: 1945
Good to know. I had thought it was coined by Scott Adams.