freep

See also: FREEP

English

Alternative forms

• FReep
• Freep

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. (US, politics, Internet slang) To subject to a mass internet or email assault aimed at pushing a particular point of view.
   • 2000 February 28, James V. Grimaldi, “Hearsay: The Lawyer's Column; Keeping Up With the Gundersons”, in The Washington Post‎^[1]:

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

   • 2005 August 22, Tim Cuprisin, “Contest may not be clear of 'freep'”, in Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel‎^[2], archived from the original on 12 February 2008:

     Freeping is one of the reasons Internet surveys are useless as a gauge of public opinion because the results can reflect an organized campaign.

Related terms

• Freeper
• freeping