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- noun A metaphor for any
population or group ofpersons who have beendomesticated ordumbed down .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Matthew record the exclamation, "My God, my God _ (Eloi, Eloi_), why hast thou forsaken me," which the bystander misconstrued as a call for Elijah, thinking this pseudo-Messiah was reproaching Elijah for failing to come to his help.
The Life of Jesus of Nazareth Rush Rhees
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Two boaters ran into a gas pipeline in Eloi Bay in summer 2009, and one was seriously injured.
Susan Buchanan: Louisiana Removes Defunct Oil Wells But Hazards Remain Susan Buchanan 2010
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Two boaters ran into a gas pipeline in Eloi Bay in summer 2009, and one was seriously injured.
Susan Buchanan: Louisiana Removes Defunct Oil Wells But Hazards Remain Susan Buchanan 2010
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Two boaters ran into a gas pipeline in Eloi Bay in summer 2009, and one was seriously injured.
Susan Buchanan: Louisiana Removes Defunct Oil Wells But Hazards Remain Susan Buchanan 2010
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Two boaters ran into a gas pipeline in Eloi Bay in summer 2009, and one was seriously injured.
Susan Buchanan: Louisiana Removes Defunct Oil Wells But Hazards Remain Susan Buchanan 2010
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So, when I teach The Time Machine next semester, I’m going to order copies in which "Eloi" is replaced by "SAG cardholder" and "Morlock" with "Filmdrunkard."
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22: 1: Mark, according to the present dialect (namely, the Chaldee), useth at least according to the pronunciation of the word Eloi, Judges 5: 5 in the
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
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Up on top of the ground the Eloi are a dopey sheep-like people who spend their days getting fattened up on the food the Morlocks put out for them, and watching Fox News.
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Luke omits the call Eloi, and gives in place of the last expiring cry the prayer of trust, “Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit” (xxiii.
The Life of Jesus of Nazareth Rhees, Rush, 1860-1939 1902
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Bede: These however I suppose were Roman soldiers who did not understand the peculiarity of the Hebrew tongue, but, from His calling Eloi, thought that
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Mark 1225?-1274 1842
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