Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An older brother.
- n. A man who assumes the role of an older brother, as by providing guidance or protection.
- n. An omnipresent, seemingly benevolent figure representing the oppressive control over individual lives exerted by an authoritarian government.
- n. A state, organization, or leader regarded in this manner.
Wiktionary
- n. A sibling's older brother used especially by children or by parents in speaking to their children.
- n. Alternative form of Big Brother.
Etymologies
- Sense 3, after Big Brother, a character in the novel 1984 by George Orwell. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Rugie had been feeling shy and reticent around her big brother who had been gone for so long, but remembering former times when they sat around telling stories, she decided at that moment to climb into his lap.”
“But then big brother Edwin was killed in a hit-and-run car accident while leaving the UCSF library one night.”
“He was known as the lazy one, the careless boy who would always need a big brother to watch over him.”
“Six-year-old big brother Joshua and two-year-old sister Mckenna giggled with glee and excitement.”
“Al's big brother Measure was trying to get Ma to ease off and not get herself all worked up.”
“Congress might safely have taken a nap, with the Hub Debating Club to handle its affairs, if Harry Rubinstein's big brother Jake had not interfered.”
“Not one, but two little Antonians to follow big brother Caesarion around the way my brothers followed me.”
“In my mind’s eye, I pictured my debonair big brother wing-tapping through the clouds, doing what he loved best, his blue eyes sparkling with love of life.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘big brother’.
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EN - newSPEAK
Buzzwords of our time
actionable, administrivia, advermation, agreeance, backbone provider, back-sourcing, baked in, bandwidth, barn raising, Barneyware, belly-buttons, Below Zeros and 1078 more...
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US - realia
Words and expressions, people and cultural realia that foreigners associate with the United States
entrepreneurship, can-do-attitude, down-to-earth app..., multicultural soc..., melting pot, cast in the same ..., self-made man, rugged individualism, gap between rich ..., make money, people from all w..., giant with feet o... and 80 more...
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Nineteen Eighty-four
memory hole, newspeak, doublethink, room 101, doubleplus, ungood, thoughtcrime, thought police, ingsoc, big brother, fullwise, duckspeak and 19 more...
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Criswell Predicts
Words describing a future that may or may not be entirely grounded in reality. Not to be used for predictive purposes. I do not have the gift of premonition. In fact, all these ideas come from popu...
flying car, space tourism, big brother, soylent green, brave new world, first contact, domestic android, skynet, new world order, collectivism, world peace, laser pistol and 93 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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Tulip Names I
No rhyme or reason other than that I like the names. :-) For more flower fun, see these lists:
Rose words by mollusque
Rose varieties by mollusque
Tulip Names II: You Know ...abbey dream, abbey road, abodement, abra, abra elite, academician tstisin, acapulco, ace of diamonds, acropolis, ad hoc, adamo, addis and 597 more...
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The Truth is In Here
Don't read this list or they'll be after you, too!
illuminati, freemasons, skull and bones, bohemian grove, all-seeing eye, big brother, coverup, area 51, new world order, federal reserve, catholic church, opus dei and 17 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for big brother.
sionnach See homage to catatonia Apr 19, 2008
plethora They don't do nothing. They get drunk, have neuroses, and
slap turkeysstuff. Apr 19, 2008bilby If you've ever wanted to watch a bunch of nobodies doing nothing, this is the show for you. Complete anti-art. Apr 19, 2008
plethora Worst TV show ever Apr 19, 2008
spoonyalchemist ...is watching you. O_O Apr 19, 2008
reesetee *looking around*
Hmm. Jan 17, 2008
uselessness Of course, if the real Big Brother's going to rise, now would be the time to do it, while everyone's distracted. Good thing that's not happening. Uh... hmmmmm. Jan 17, 2008
reesetee My thoughts exactly, kewpid. Jan 17, 2008
kewpid This terrifying concept has been reduced to a side-character on a reality TV show. Jan 17, 2008