freep

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verb

To subject to a mass internet or email assault aimed at pushing a particular point of view.

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Meanings

freep1

verbfreep (third-person singular simple present freeps, present participle freeping, simple past and past participle freeped)

present singular third person freeps · participle present freeping · participle past freeped · past freeped · alternative FReep · alternative Freep

  1. InternetUSgovernmentTo subject to a mass internet or email assault aimed at pushing a particular point of view.

    Hearsay even got "freeped." "Freepers," followers of a rightist Web site called Free Republic, orchestrated a "Freeper Call to Action."

    2000 February 28, James V. Grimaldi, “Hearsay: The Lawyer's Column; Keeping Up With the Gundersons”, in The Washington Post
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    Freeping is one of the reasons Internet surveys are useless as a gauge of public opinion because the results can reflect an organized campaign.

    2005 August 22, Tim Cuprisin, “Contest may not be clear of 'freep'”, in Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, archived from the original on 12 Feb 2008

FREEP2

proper noun
  1. AustraliaabbreviationacronymBrisbaneAcronym of Free Entertainment Event in the Park.

Origin

Back-formation from Freeper, from The Free Republic, a popular conservative forum.

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APA

freep. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freep

MLA

“freep.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freep. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “freep,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freep.

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