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vote mob

vote mob noun: a gathering of usually young people assembled for the purpose of voting in an election or encouraging youth participation in it and often organized through social media.

Noun

vote mob (plural vote mobs)

  1. (Canada) A gathering of usually young people assembled for the purpose of voting in an election or encouraging youth participation in it and often organized through social media.
    • At the University of Guelph, some students took Mercer's rant rather seriously. They used the concept of flash mobs[…]and created vote mobs.[…]In particular, the event has also been called a "surprise party," as evidenced by a You-Tube video in which a vote mob comes out of the woods and rolls out...2011 April 22, Michael Taube, “Vote mob mentality”, in Ottawa Citizen, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2011

Forms of vote mob

pluralvote mobs

Origin of vote mob

From vote + mob, by analogy with flash mob.

Questions about vote mob

What does vote mob mean?
Vote mob means a gathering of usually young people assembled for the purpose of voting in an election or encouraging youth participation in it and often organized through social media.
What part of speech is vote mob?
Vote mob is a noun.
What is the plural of vote mob?
The plural of vote mob is vote mobs.

Words near vote mob in the dictionary

  1. vote banks
  2. vote blue no matter who
  3. vote buying
  4. vote down
  5. vote in
  6. vote mob
  7. vote mobs
  8. vote of confidence
  9. vote of no confidence
  10. vote of thanks
  11. vote off the island

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