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"ref": "2005 September 11, Glen Justice, John Files, “Commemoration or Promotion? Walk Highlights Iraq Divide”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-08-21",
"text": "War protesters . . . did appear along Mr. Rumsfeld's path carrying signs saying \"Bush is a Liar\" and \"Wake Up, Sheeple\".",
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{
"ref": "2009 August 27, Aaron Wherry, “The Commons: You bore us, Mr. Ignatieff”, in Macleans, Canada, retrieved 2014-08-21",
"text": "[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.",
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{
"ref": "2010 August 20, Richard Adams, “The American far-right's top 10 paranoid conspiracy theories (photo caption)”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 2014-08-21",
"text": "Harmless vapour trails left by planes? That's what they want you to think, sheeple.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2016, Life Is Strange, spoken by Luke (Nik Shriner), Square Enix, via Dontnod Entertainment",
"text": "He'll take himself down.\nYeah, history always proves that, right? Just wait for justice, you sheeple…",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "Kaitlyn S. C. Hatch, Wise at Any Age (page 10)",
"text": "Being a sheeple isn't always dangerous. A lot of the time it can just make a person look foolish, more than anything."
},
{
"ref": "2011, Carol Ann Lindsay, The Planet of Comet Sense, page 55",
"text": "I think it's the HYDRA, the group of whatevers that rule the world, those elitists that laugh at us, joke about their environmentalist sheeples doing their bidding while they sip the best wine on the planet, ride around in private jets, […]",
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],
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}
],
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
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"neuter",
"slang"
],
"word": "стадо"
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"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
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{
"code": "cs",
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"word": "ovce"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
"word": "kudde"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
"word": "ŝafhomo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
"word": "vaalikarja"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "mouton de Panurge"
},
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
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"neuter"
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"word": "Fähnchen im Wind"
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"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
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"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "próvata",
"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "πρόβατα"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
"word": "birka"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pecus"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "leming"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "manada"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gado"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "óvošč",
"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "о́вощ"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čel-ovék",
"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "чел-ове́к"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "býdlo",
"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"neuter",
"slang"
],
"word": "бы́дло"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"feminine"
],
"word": "borregada"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
"word": "uymacı"
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
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"english": "one of the",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
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},
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"ipa": "/ˈʃiːpəl/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːpəl"
},
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"ref": "2005 September 11, Glen Justice, John Files, “Commemoration or Promotion? Walk Highlights Iraq Divide”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-08-21",
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"ref": "2009 August 27, Aaron Wherry, “The Commons: You bore us, Mr. Ignatieff”, in Macleans, Canada, retrieved 2014-08-21",
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{
"ref": "2010 August 20, Richard Adams, “The American far-right's top 10 paranoid conspiracy theories (photo caption)”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 2014-08-21",
"text": "Harmless vapour trails left by planes? That's what they want you to think, sheeple.",
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},
{
"ref": "2016, Life Is Strange, spoken by Luke (Nik Shriner), Square Enix, via Dontnod Entertainment",
"text": "He'll take himself down.\nYeah, history always proves that, right? Just wait for justice, you sheeple…",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "Kaitlyn S. C. Hatch, Wise at Any Age (page 10)",
"text": "Being a sheeple isn't always dangerous. A lot of the time it can just make a person look foolish, more than anything."
},
{
"ref": "2011, Carol Ann Lindsay, The Planet of Comet Sense, page 55",
"text": "I think it's the HYDRA, the group of whatevers that rule the world, those elitists that laugh at us, joke about their environmentalist sheeples doing their bidding while they sip the best wine on the planet, ride around in private jets, […]",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
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"derogatory",
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"slang"
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"code": "cs",
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"code": "cs",
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"word": "kudde"
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
"word": "ŝafhomo"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
"word": "vaalikarja"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "mouton de Panurge"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
"tags": [
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"word": "Fähnchen im Wind"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Herdenmensch"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
"tags": [
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"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
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"word": "Schaf"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
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"word": "Schlafschaf"
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"masculine"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
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"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
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"plural"
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"word": "πρόβατα"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
"word": "birka"
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"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "pecus"
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"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
"tags": [
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"word": "leming"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
"tags": [
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"word": "manada"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
"tags": [
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"word": "gado"
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"word": "о́вощ"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
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"neuter",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
"tags": [
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"feminine"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
"word": "uymacı"
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"masculine"
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"word": "jepamen"
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{
"code": "vo",
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"sense": "the sheeple, one of the sheeple",
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