sock puppet
A puppet made from a sock placed over a hand.
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At least the dotcom bubble had a cute sock puppet.
Maye Musk didn't grow up in Liverpool, but Elon's paternal grandmother, the woman he was talking about, did. Unfortunately this looks like Maye meant to write "your dad's mom" and skipped a word. I don't know that it…
Almost always the case, but it’s sadly more likely that she left out a word than it’s a sock puppet account.
LOLOL he created a sock puppet account as his mother because of course he did. Just like in the lawsuit with Open AI, when told he wasn’t a lawyer, he said he took “Law 101” as if that made him some kind of expert. Hi…
"He will kill his father, and sock puppet his mother."
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A puppet made from a sock placed over a hand.
“At least the dotcom bubble had a cute sock puppet.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Maye Musk didn't grow up in Liverpool, but Elon's paternal grandmother, the woman he was talking about, did. Unfortunately this looks like Maye meant to write "your dad's mom" and skipped a word. I don't know that it proves Elon got his sock puppet army mixed up”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Almost always the case, but it’s sadly more likely that she left out a word than it’s a sock puppet account.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“LOLOL he created a sock puppet account as his mother because of course he did. Just like in the lawsuit with Open AI, when told he wasn’t a lawyer, he said he took “Law 101” as if that made him some kind of expert. His ego knows no bounds.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“"He will kill his father, and sock puppet his mother."”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(Internet slang, pejorative) An alternative pseudonymous online account, especially one used for abuse.
“Failures abound in T-2 regime. Putin pulls thousands of US troops from Germany (via his sock puppet, Trump) ~~~~~~~~ www.youtube.com/watch?v=41FE...”
“The mods are pretty laissez-faire about people fighting, the block function is supposed to deal with it. I suppose these people must be getting round blocks somehow, maybe sock puppet accounts?”
“You’re rolling out the red carpet for a mercenary with a nazi tattoo from a two follower sock puppet account. Get bent”
2014, Timothy R. Levine, [https://books.google.com/books?id=3JmlBQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover Encyclopedia of Deception], Vol. II, s.v. [https://books.google.com/books?id=3JmlBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA853 Sockpuppetry]:
“You’re rolling out the red carpet for a mercenary with a nazi tattoo from a two follower sock puppet account. Get bent”
— Bluesky· May 2026“You’re rolling out the red carpet for a mercenary with a nazi tattoo from a sock puppet account created for that specific purpose. Get bent”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Failures abound in T-2 regime. Putin pulls thousands of US troops from Germany (via his sock puppet, Trump) ~~~~~~~~ www.youtube.com/watch?v=41FE...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The mods are pretty laissez-faire about people fighting, the block function is supposed to deal with it. I suppose these people must be getting round blocks somehow, maybe sock puppet accounts?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“These people are using Trump as their sock puppet. How fucking embarrassing”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(wiki, transitive, intransitive) To create or use a sock puppet (alternative user account).
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