Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to> writes:
> You need to read more anti-government rants. I know I ran accross "sheeple"
> at least several years ago. And since it pronounces nicely and the notion
> of people acting like sheep goes back a long way, I expect that term does
> as well.
Google is your friend ... a moment's searching shows the term documented
in 1984. Macmillan seems to believe that's the first use, but it's not
clear how hard they looked.
regards, tom lane
