Definitions
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- n. One who agrees with an idea mindlessly, especially those who agree because they are supporters of the person who started the idea.
- n. Someone who is a fan of Rush Limbaugh's radio program.
- n. A person who agrees with Rush Limbaugh unquestioningly.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Of course, it really takes a special breed of intellectual light-weight (pseudo-intellectual dittohead is probably a better term) to think that the solution to our current economic malaise is more saving and less spending by either individuals or governments.
Overspending and Obesity, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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And we try to avoid calling names such as "dittohead"--that rarely improves the communication.
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LIMBAUGHVIATE - (n.) (new); see "dittohead"; a portmanteau word used to describe followers/fans of overweight and overwrought radio entertainers.
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The monster the GOP collectively created — Rush's "dittohead" army of conservative listeners — makes life miserable for anyone who dares criticize the Great Bloviator.
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I like people who think for themselves versus the standard "dittohead" mentality.
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"I like people who think for themselves versus the standard "dittohead" mentality."
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Limbaugh's influence goes far beyond his circulation of Republican Party talking points to his legions of "dittohead" listeners.
Jackson Katz: White Men and the G.O.P. Mastery of Identity Politics
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Even number two neocon mouthpiece Sean Hannity occasionally mixes it up with some ideological rivals, but Limbaugh makes his airwaves a sanctuary for the like-minded "dittohead", carefully selecting callers that don't rock his boat.
ClearChannel Come Clean: Was Limbaugh on McClellan's Fax List?
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The term 'dittohead' doesn't work as a pejorative, because dittoheads are actually proud to be called dittoheads (nothing so defaces a good pejorative like pride).
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You can tell a "dittohead" a person who is a fervent fan and mindless follower of Rush Limbaugh and his lesser fellow radio-talk-spewers by his unfounded religious expounding of the repetitive, mantra-like statements that Limbaugh and fellow morons Sean Hannity and Glen Beck vomit up to their mostly male audiences just about every day of the week.
faraway commented on the word dittohead
dittohead noun. A person who mindlessly agrees. See Word Spy:
http://www.wordspy.com/words/dittoheads.asp
September 2, 2007