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prolefeed

noun

Etymology

From prole + feed, coined by George Orwell in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

  1. derived from *peh₂-✻
  2. inherited from *fōdijaną✻
  3. inherited from *fōdijan✻
  4. inherited from fēdan
  5. inherited from feden
  6. compounded as prolefeed — “prole + feed”

Definitions

  1. Worthless entertainment and propaganda designed to satisfy the masses.

    • Some words, on the other hand, displayed a frank and contemptuous understanding of the real nature of Oceanic society. An example was prolefeed, meaning the rubbishy entertainment and spurious news which the Party handed out to the masses.
    • Far from being guaranteed to blow your mind, We Will Rock You is guaranteed to bore you rigid. The show is prolefeed at its worst.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for prolefeed. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA