This article was published on April 28, 2017

Apple fanboys are now in the official dictionary definition of ‘sheeple’


Apple fanboys are now in the official dictionary definition of ‘sheeple’

Merriam-Webster just added the word ‘sheeple’ to its dictionary, defined as “people who are docile, compliant, or easily influenced :  people likened to sheep.”

You know who are often called sheeple? Apple fanboys – the ones who follow the crowd and buy whatever the company sells, no matter how useless, overpriced, or unoriginal (can you tell I’m a PC guy?).

Naturally, they made a perfect example for the term in the dictonary:

Apple’s debuted a battery case for the juice-sucking iPhone—an ungainly lumpy case the sheeple will happily shell out $99 for. 

That battery case is indeed atrocious, by the way. Kudos to Merriam-Webster for its accurate choice of example.

Via MacRumors

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