prolefeed
nounEtymology From prole + feed, coined by George Orwell in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
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Worthless entertainment and propaganda designed to satisfy the masses.
- 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.1949, Orwell, George, 1903-1950, Nineteen eighty-four, →OCLC:
- 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.2002, Theatre Record, volume 22, numbers 10-18, page 615:
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- 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.2008, Mark Watterson, Don't Weep for Me, America, page 209: