pleb
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The then cabinet member apologised for using bad language but denied using the word pleb.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2013
But he also maintained: "I think most people who know me know I would not use words like pleb or moron in describing anyone."
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2013
No 10 said the inquiry's scope was sufficient, after Cabinet Secretary Jeremy Heywood admitted he did not look at whether the word "pleb" was used.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2013
How dare some nobody pleb have the temerity to criticise YOU.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 8, 2012
All men know Her mother was free-born and wedded to Virginius, centurion and pleb.
From Virginia, A Tragedy And Other Poems by Marion Forster Gilmore
I’m continually assaulted by images of the Kardashians, the ultimate hot-mom clan, who’ve set the bar for the rest of us plebs, showing off their sculpted figures and eerily frozen faces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
Reader Tyler Hogan responded with a really sharp comment, which he gave me permission to share here: This goes further than “managerial class wants to remind plebs who’s in power.”
From The Verge ● Oct. 1, 2020
Williams later clarified that he had already donated; nevertheless, it feels as if an awful lot of celebrities are more keen on soliciting money from us plebs than reaching into their own purses.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2020
The rest of us plebs could just go rot at lesser colleges after one B ruined plenty of T1 school dreams.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2018
“She’s my director. I’m gonna have to start making appointments for you plebs to talk to her.”
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
