dittohead en · NOUN
Etymology
From ditto + -head, coined by callers to The Rush Limbaugh Show (a conservative talk radio show) who begin their remarks with "Ditto!" or "Dittoes!" to concur with a previous comment without restating it.
Meanings
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(US, dated, slang) A devotee of Rush Limbaugh, his radio program, or his opinions.
Being a dittohead means you think that Rush is the beginning, middle, and end of political knowledge and information, and that that knowledge and information always show that Republicans are right, liberals (and everyone else) wrong. Dittoheads believe “if only you understood politics, you'd be a Republican.”
2006, Jim Derych, Confessions of a Former Dittohead, Brooklyn, N.Y.: Ig Publishing, →ISBN, page 7:
- (US, derogatory, slang) Someone who mindlessly agrees with an idea, especially one who agrees only as a supporter of the person who expressed it.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dittoheads | Number=Plur | lexicographic |