Define Lemming Meaning

A member of a crowd with no originality or voice of his own. One who speaks or repeats only what he has been told. A tool. A cretin.

A derogatory term used to reference a person who seemingly does not possess any form of individual thought, and instead, mindlessly follows the behaviors and actions of the masses.

Common actions lemmings partake in are the overuse of catch phrases and lingp that the generation may overuse.

1. Rodents who will follow each other to their deaths supposedly.

2. Slang- an insult to another person who you believe has no preferences of their own, and instead will always follow the crown. Sheeple is also a term for this type of person.

3. Alt. def. - Slang for wanting something really badly which everyone else wants but is in short supply. (Usually an object, not another person) .

example ~I've been lemming this shade of limited edition eco' friendly paint for my bedroom walls.

1. A small rat like creature. If one lemming jumps off a cliff all of the lemmings will jump off with it.

2. A person that follows another person and does everything the same as the person they are following.

A group of small rodents, famous for mass migrations where huge numbers of them will move from place to place, sometimes ending in all of them drowning.

A lemming refers to a purchase/wished-for-item which results from reading an enthusiastic post about a new fabulous product. Overcome by compulsion, readers follow like lemmings diving off a cliff.

Originally coined in the alt.fashion newsgroup in the late 90s, the term has permeated numerous beauty boards/forums/sites.

May be used as a noun or verb. May apply to the buyer but more commonly to the item of desire.

A flemming is a fledgeling lemming.

Somebody who follows the crowd the dominant idea

a follower who mimics others appearance and actions, usually dictates to a leader of a certain group.

A character from a video game that has green hair, a snouted face, and blue clothing.

A person who follows everyone else. The word comes from the little monkey, where if one of the monkeys jumps off a cliff, they all do. Someone who follows the herd.