Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prolefeed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-le-feed
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Worthless entertainment and propaganda designed to satisfy the masses.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Some words, on the other hand, displayed a frank and contemptuous understanding of the real nature of Oceanic society. An example was prolefeed, meaning the rubbishy entertainment and spurious news which the Party handed out to the masses."
"Far from being guaranteed to blow your mind, We Will Rock You is guaranteed to bore you rigid. The show is prolefeed at its worst."
"Thousands have escaped Plato's cave to form the resistance. The proles remaining in the cave continue to be subjected to prolefeed from the enemy, but they love to be entertained and it hasn't even occurred to them that their freedom and their American sovereignty is on the verge of extinction."

Etymology

From prole + feed, coined by George Orwell in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does prolefeed mean?: Worthless entertainment and propaganda designed to satisfy the masses.
Where does prolefeed come from?: From prole + feed, coined by George Orwell in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

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