sock puppet
noun
1
: a hand puppet made with a sock
2
: a false online identity used for deceptive purposes
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The dot-com bubble enveloped hundreds of startups that had people bidding for groceries and buying dog food from a sock puppet, few of whom made profits.
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Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2025
Graduates wore white caps and gowns and, before accepting their diplomas, treated their families to a sock puppet serenade.
—Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 June 2025
Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to Shari & Lamb Chop, a documentary about children’s TV trailblazer Shari Lewis who created a sensation with her cuddly and feisty sock puppet Lamb Chop.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 4 June 2025
Today, the typical economist is considered a sock puppet for a political party, corporate interests, the woke, white supremacists, or some confusing combination of all of these.
—Marcus Shera, National Review, 17 Apr. 2025
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Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2025
Graduates wore white caps and gowns and, before accepting their diplomas, treated their families to a sock puppet serenade.
—Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 June 2025
Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to Shari & Lamb Chop, a documentary about children’s TV trailblazer Shari Lewis who created a sensation with her cuddly and feisty sock puppet Lamb Chop.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 4 June 2025
Today, the typical economist is considered a sock puppet for a political party, corporate interests, the woke, white supremacists, or some confusing combination of all of these.
—Marcus Shera, National Review, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Sock puppet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sock%20puppet. Accessed 2 Sep. 2025.
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