dittohead
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈdɪtoʊˌhɛd/
- Offensive
:
borrego
- He is so dependent on his dittoheads for validation.
- call all dittoheads
Examples
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What a thoughtful comment there, Mr. Dittohead.
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Calvin, with all due respect to you, you're wasting your time getting into a debate with a Dittohead.
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Kind of sounds like a dittohead to me.
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If only the dittoheads knew that.
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How did you go from being a Limbaugh-loving dittohead to a Lenin-loving pinko?
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My dittohead stepfather has somewhat bought into the RW "I got mine" mentality.
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And then some obnoxious-sounding guy comes along and suggests you're some sort of ignorant Dittohead who doesn't know about big ideas like confirmation.
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It's his rabid listeners ("dittoheads") who don't know the difference between comedy and news.
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In a recent syndicated column, Molly Ivins cites a telling example of white-backlash thinking illuminated in a remark made by a dittohead in Weatherford, Texas, in August 1993: "Why, I agree with Rush that racism is dead."
Fiction book (1993) -
Many people in the audience were proud to be known as dittoheads for their unwavering support of the talk show host.
Synonyms
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9.8
People who follow others without thinking for themselves
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5.5
A person who always agrees with someone in charge to get approval or avoid trouble
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8.6
A person who nods and agrees with others without offering ideas
A person who always agrees with others without thinking
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dittohead comes from ditto ('same as above') plus head ('person'), so it names a person who copies what someone else says. It began as a label for fans who simply repeat a leader or commentator's views, so a dittohead is someone who agrees and repeats without thinking.