Argument of the millenium.

[Iceeh★]

So in the c-box, Kim and I were having an argument. In the second to last song in Act III, there's a line in the song that goes like so.

"Look at these people amazing how _______ show up for the slaughter!"

I said it was 'sheeple show up for the slaughter' and she said it was 'sheep will show up for the slaughter'.

So I thought- hm, why not get everyone else's opinions?
Vote away!

Definition of sheeple: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheeple

[xmadxscientistx]

WAKE UP, SHEEPLE!

[Iceeh★]

Sheeeple!!!

[kimtaro]

SHEEP'LL!

[dragonweaver]

Got to go with Kim.

Sheep will or Sheep'll just works better in the sentence. Plus "Sheeple" hasn't been excepted by Webster's as an actual word and it isn't a very common term.

[alycat7]

Im pretty sure it's sheep will too.

[Iceeh★]

Well, the majority won.
Tim clicked the CC button on the Hulu vid, and the word is "sheep will"
*holds up force field to repel the millions of "I told you so's" coming my way*

[Whedon Fan]

lol sheeple...it's Sheep will

[darkdahlia]

How did one come up with Sheeple. Can you give me your definition?

lol

[dragonweaver]

Aug 3, 2008 14:58:30 GMT -5 darkdahlia said:

How did one come up with Sheeple. Can you give me your definition?

lol

The best definition you can find is at the wiki link at the top of this thread. There is a sheeple [dot] net but that wasn't very helpful.

[Rebecca]

OF COURSE the CC would say "sheep will", that's a computer doing it (or a very quick person) going by accepted nouns (accepted by such dictionaries as Webster, etc.)

But the real question is what did the writers write? What did they put down on paper?

Honestly, when I first saw pt. 3, I thought it was "sheep will" too. But after seeing this whole thread, Sheeple is SO MUCH FUNNIER. It's quirky. Fresh. New. It fits Dr. Horrible completely (especially considering the circumstances that lead to Dr. Horrible). I wonder how so many of you are so quick to dismiss the term.

Aug 3, 2008 14:58:30 GMT -5 darkdahlia said:

How did one come up with Sheeple. Can you give me your definition?

lol

According to the lesser established dictionary, MacMillan English Dictionary, Sheeple is defined as:

sheeple noun [plural]
people who are easily persuaded and tend to follow what other people do

‘I hope I can pass on a few thoughts … to encourage people to see that they are living in a conditioned illusion and we can change it any time we want. We can be people and not sheeple.’
(David Icke in a discussion of his new sci-fi channel show, June 2002)

The term sheeple, which first appeared in the Wall Street Journal in 1984, has been used increasingly in the last couple of years due to the enhanced marketing potential afforded by online and satellite channel media. It is often used to describe people who act in direct reaction to saturation advertising, going out and buying the ‘must-have’ fashions and fads of the moment. Sheeple is also used more generally to refer to people who don’t tend to think for themselves but basically follow the crowd or believe what the media tells them. In a June 2002 Guardian newspaper article, it was used in reference to individuals who had taken part in a survey resulting in the claim that ‘four out of five Americans had said they would give up some freedom for greater security’.

The citation at the beginning of the article is from an individual who is a rather extreme believer in alternative ways of thinking, but his use of sheeple is the same, i.e. people should think for themselves, whereas sheeple’s thoughts and reactions are based on what they have been led to believe by others.

Background
The plural noun sheeple is what is technically referred to as a blend, a combination of the words sheep and people. A blend is a new word formed from parts of two (or possibly more) words in such a way that it cannot be further analysed into morphemes (i.e. the smallest meaningful components of words). Other more familiar examples are brunch (breakfast and lunch) and chunnel (channel and tunnel). The concept of a blend (also called a portmanteau word) is nothing new. In Lewis Carroll’s Alice Through the Looking Glass, written in 1872, Alice asks Humpty Dumpty to explain the words of a poem and he replies: ‘Well slithy means lithe and slimy. Lithe is the same as active. You see it’s like a portmanteau – there are two meanings packed up into one word.’

Although the term may not be so popular (lol) as to be included in Merriam-Webster (or the CC no doubt), it does appear to be so established as to not be so easily dismissed as it has so far.

[Flak]

www.drhorrible.com/linernotes.html

It's actually sheep'll, contracting sheep with will. But I always heard it as sheeple.

[xmadxscientistx]

I was hoping for sheeple, but I'm not surprised.

[edge450]

Don't sheeple and sheep'll sound exactly the same?

[Secret Scoobie]

Sheeple!! AWESOMEST WORD EVER

[Reluctant Hero]

I'd have to go with Sheep will. It makes the most sense to me.

[Inappropriate Starches]

dudes, its sheep will but it didn't fit so it's now a contraction "Sheep'll". Grammatically speaking it doesn't make sense if its sheeple and I just don't think they would make that distinction since it means the same thing either way.

[Iceeh★]

LMAO, this thread is so old. Good times, good times. I still like sheeple better, though, even if it isn't the official lyric.

[Emmie]

So old, indeed! But I'm going with "sheeple" because it is indeed an obscure word that perfectly fits the context of the line.

[CourtneyDax]

It's already in the CC Emmie! There's nothing you can do to stop "sheep will" now! *Cue Evil Laugh* MOO HA HA!!