Bruno Wolff III <bruno@xxxxxxxx> writes: > You need to read more anti-government rants. I know I ran accross "sheeple" > at least several years ago. And since it pronounces nicely and the notion > of people acting like sheep goes back a long way, I expect that term does > as well. Google is your friend ... a moment's searching shows the term documented in 1984. Macmillan seems to believe that's the first use, but it's not clear how hard they looked. regards, tom lane