stemvee

Meaning

1. (collective, derogatory, neuter, no-diminutive, uncountable) voters considered to be easily manipulable
2. (collective, derogatory, neuter, no-diminutive, uncountable) parliamentarians perceived as anonymous, merely serving to boost the party ranks in votes

Concepts

gullible

voting cattle

herd of voters

Translations

Stimmvieh

bétail électoral

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstɛm.veː/

Etymology

First attested in 1871. From stemmen (“to vote”) + vee (“livestock”), simultaneous calque of English voting cattle and German Stimmvieh (itself a calque of voting cattle).