smart mob

American

noun

a large group of people mobilized by social media to meet in a public place typically for the purpose of social or political protest.

Etymology

Origin of smart mob

Popularized by Howard Rheingold in his 2002 book Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution

Example Sentences

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Pariser sits at the nexus of what Howard Rheingold would call a smart mob.

From Time Magazine Archive

These crude considerations are not-presented by us as being satisfactory statements in economics; but, when the smart mob orator says, "What kind of parent would keep horses in luxury and leave children to hunger?"

From Side Lights by Allen, Grant

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