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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hand puppet made from a sock.
- noun Computers A pseudonymous online identity adopted to further the user's real-life interests or to agree with sentiments the user has already expressed online.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A simple
puppet made from asock placed over the hand of thepuppeteer . - noun A
person being completelycontrolled by another. - noun Internet, neologism A
pseudonym used bysomeone todistance themselves from their actions, especially to talk about themselves in the guise of a neutral observer
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jrome commented on the word sock puppet
"A sock puppet is an additional username used by a Wikipedian who edits under more than one name." 02/21/07 via kottke.org from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sock_puppetry
February 22, 2007
screendoor commented on the word sock puppet
Don't you hate that?
February 22, 2007
reesetee commented on the word sock puppet
Hey screendoor: Foo, you sock puppet.
February 22, 2007
whichbe commented on the word sock puppet
(noun) Blogger subsidized by a political campaign; Someone who repeats talking points.
May 11, 2008
ramsler commented on the word sock puppet
"The retailer (Amazon), like other sites that depend on customer reviews, has been faced with the problem of so-called sock puppets, those people secretly commissioned by an author to produce favorable notices." - New York Times, Article: "Swarming a Book Online" by David Streitfeld, January 20, 2013.
January 24, 2013
Logophile77 commented on the word sock puppet
On Reddit, if you use an alternate account to upvote your comments on your main account, or to support the arguments made by your main account, that alternate account is called a sock puppet.
May 4, 2018