meatpuppet
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See also: meat puppet
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From meat + puppet, on the model of sockpuppet.
Noun[edit]
meatpuppet (plural meatpuppets)
- (derogatory, Internet slang) One whose sole reason for participating in a discussion or forum is to support, or express agreement with, a friend.
- Coordinate term: astroturfer
- 2004 March 31, James Schrumpf (username), "Re: OT: Catch-22 on terrorism", in rec.sport.football.college, Usenet:
- No one can independently have the same opinon [sic] as someone else without being a meatpuppet of theirs, eh?