bobblehead
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Etymology
Noun
bobblehead (plural bobbleheads)
- A collectible doll with a bobbing head.
- (figurative, derogatory) A thoughtless person.
- 2021 February 2, Katharine Murphy, “Scott Morrison must heed the lesson of Donald Trump and slap down Craig Kelly”, in The Guardian:
- Muzzling Kelly also elevates a semi-professional obscurantist to the status of free speech martyr, and that invites a cacophonous pile-on from the rightwing bobble heads who screech about the left’s obsession with identity politics while shovelling identity politics at their audiences.
- 2025 February 25, Thomas L. Friedman, “The Disturbing Question at the Heart of the Trump-Putin Drama”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- Will Trump and his G.O.P. bobbleheads ever wake up to that? Maybe — when it’s too late.
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doll with a bobbing head
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