Sheeple is now an official word and iPhone users are being used to illustrate it.
Respected American publisher Merriam-Webster listed it in the dictionary for the first time and for some reason decided Apple fans were the best example.
Many of you will already know it refers to people who mindlessly follow trends so the definition might be offensive to iPhone users.
‘Apple’s debuted a battery case for the juice-sucking iPhone—an ungainly lumpy case the sheeple will happily shell out $99 for,’ an example use said on the Merriam-Webster website.
It attributed the quote to someone called Doug Criss.
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The website added the word described ‘people who are docile, compliant, or easily influenced: people likened to sheep.’
But it did state ‘sheeple’ was first used in 1945, way before Apple even existed.
A lot of people online seemed to find the description funny but it’s sure to have offended some fans.
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