I have learnt a new word.claque noun 1 a group of people paid to applaud a speaker at a meeting or performer in a theatre, etc. 2 a circle of flatterers or admirers.
ETYMOLOGY: 19c: French, meaning 'a clap', from claquer to clap.
(ETYMOLOGY: 19c: French, meaning 'a clap', from claquer to clap.
Trinosaur,
Fri 6 Jan 2006, 21:43,
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Claque?In modern times, the term claque is also used to describe a behavior in social groups, in which people - most notably teenagers - follow a leader and encourage and applaud all of his or her actions, regardless of the relative immorality of the action or its consequences.
Isn't that clique?
(Isn't that clique?
Rev. Cleo still alive,
Fri 6 Jan 2006, 21:44,
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arf!we had one of those, the intellectual students at my high school blindly followed the word of their biology/philosophy teacher, mr. renkwitz
smart man, but heck if he didn't make pro-choice, god-questioning pions out of all of them
/not that i'm not one of those anyway...
(smart man, but heck if he didn't make pro-choice, god-questioning pions out of all of them
/not that i'm not one of those anyway...
AgentMuu hentai coordination,
Fri 6 Jan 2006, 21:47,
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