S vs Sheeple - What's the difference?
s | sheeple |
The nineteenth letter of the .
voiceless alveolar fricative
Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur
Symbols for SI units
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(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, "
* 2009 Aug. 27, Aaron Wherry, "
* 2010 Aug. 20, Richard Adams, "
As a letter s
is the letter s with a.As a noun sheeple is
(derogatory|slang) people who unquestioningly accept as true whatever their political leaders say or who adopt popular opinion as their own without scrutiny.s
Translingual
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Symbol
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(Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }}sheeple
English
Alternative forms
* sheopleNoun
(en-plural noun)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 ".
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.
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 .