sock puppeteer
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See also: sockpuppeteer
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From sock puppet + -eer, after the model of puppeteer.
Noun[edit]
sock puppeteer (plural sock puppeteers)
- A person who controls a sock puppet (any sense).
- Synonym: sockmaster
- 2005 December 21, Shelley Powers, "Yo! Sock Puppets!" on Burningbird.net:
- It is intent to deceive or to dabble in malicious mischief that sets a sock puppeteer apart from a legitimate user with multiple accounts.
- 2014, Timothy R. Levine, Encyclopedia of Deception, Vol. II, s.v. Sockpuppetry:
- The idea of a sock puppeteer as a minion was an extension of the term that was published in 2000 by U.S. News and World Report.
Further reading[edit]
- sockpuppet (Internet) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia