noun
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short for plebeian
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informal a common vulgar person
Usage
What else does pleb mean? A pleb, short for plebeian, is a person who is considered too ordinary or a thing deemed commonplace (e.g., basic and normie).
Etymology
Origin of pleb
1850–55, short for plebeian
Example Sentences
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A judge ruled last year the MP probably had called PC Toby Rowland, an officer on duty at Downing Street's gates, a "pleb".
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2015
He has admitted swearing during the original incident but has always denied the allegation by the officer present, PC Toby Rowland, that he used the word "pleb".
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2014
Conservative MP Mr Mitchell has always denied using the word "pleb" but has admits he lost his temper and swore at the officers after they refused to let him cycle through the main gate.
From BBC • Dec. 19, 2012
How dare some nobody pleb have the temerity to criticise YOU.
From The Guardian • Nov. 8, 2012
And these two, a patrician and a pleb, Each representing classes now united By common misery, are foully hurt, And scarred by fierce injustice from the Ten.
From Virginia, A Tragedy And Other Poems by Gilmore, Marion Forster
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