Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Plural form of lemming.
Examples
“The response of the lemmings is always that the only thing that matters is share price.”
“Command-and-control obviously haven't worked so well Enron is an example for both the failure of regulation and public disclosure, but even a decentralized model still leads to fat-tail events like mobs or what I called the lemmings effect.”
“Considering you are NOTHING but an ignorant brainwashed rightwing punkass troll your projection about lemmings is precious.”
“So the McCain lemmings are still parroting the spin about Afghanistan hearings by the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee that Senator Obama chairs?”
The Early Word: Into The Green Zone - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
“By definition 100% of the "illegals" have broken the law. also, is the use of "typical" in lemmings post more or less ugly than when obama himself used it?”
“Chalk this up to the same disappointment I had about lemmings, and all the Eskimo words for snow.”
inkblurt · Glass isn’t a liquid… another cool thing disproven
“Then we can make up our own minds, unlike lemmings from the left.”
Sound Politics: Rahm Emanuel should resign for flirting with underage candidates
“Malcolm Muggeridge has pointed out what he calls the "liberal death wish" in which western civilization, like lemmings, is heading to ultimate destruction.”
“Is it any wonder the Republicant's are referred to as 'lemmings'?”
“The apple "lemmings" ad might have suffered sequel burn trying to follow in the footsteps of the hugely successful "1984" ad, but not matter what people say today - like that business people were "offended" at being called lemmings and that the ad was "depressing" - I can't help but like the dang thing.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lemmings’.
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Migration
Sandhill Crane, Canada Goose, lemmings, monarch butterfly, garter snakes, salmon, anadromous, catadromous, eels, gnu, gray whales, cedar waxwing and 18 more...
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seventhspice's Words
supine, distaff, lest, janissary, articulator, chaos, scrumptious, charlatan, alacrity, papyrus, corollary, funicular and 106 more...
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jimwood60's list
Fav Work words
ameliorated, lemmings, facile, incongruous, bulbous, spurious, fetid, malfeasance, inopportune
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Philosophical Jargon
Words philosophical writers use to give the illusion of technical competence, including up-trippingly specialised senses of words that have other jobs during daylight hours.
akrasia, akrates, particularism, particularist, mereology, deontology, cognitivism, naturalism, anti-naturalism, ethics, phenomenology, metaethics and 220 more...
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simple & useful 14
fabrication, parapet, transverse, erecting, dimpled, blistering, epoxy, scrubbable, immersion, puttying, sandpapered, stippled and 65 more...
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Groupthink
Intra-Group dynamics, psychology of/within, and heard mentality.
acculturation, isopraxism, girouettism, steinzor effect, crowdsourcing, ethnocentric, syntality, conclamation, esprit de corps, ethnomania, entryism, herd crime and 78 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for lemmings.
dontcry Does ANYone know if there is ANY video available of the original National Lampoon's Lemmings show??? Nov 10, 2008
jennarenn Also, people who can't (or don't) think for themselves. Jul 19, 2008