This week’s theme
Blend words

This week’s words
lunkhead
clairaudience
affluential
bankster
sheeple

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Next week’s theme
Coined words

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PRONUNCIATION:

(SHEE-puhl)

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.

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