| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to> |
| Cc: | John DeSoi <desoi(at)pgedit(dot)com>, pgsql general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: GUI Interface |
| Date: | 2006-05-13 05:01:02 |
| Message-ID: | 26611.1147496462@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to> 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
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