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lemming

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7 lettersPronunciation /lɛm.ɪŋ/Part of speech nounSorted egilmmnStarts with LEnds with G0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution

Word origin

From Danish and Norwegian lemming, from Old Norse lómundr, læmingi, læmingr (“lemming”), perhaps from Sami luomek. Sense 2 derives from a longstanding myth that they exhibit so much herd mentality that populations jump off cliffs to their deaths together.

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  • Lemmings are strongly cohesive, but could be, in organisational terms, highly destructive for the business.
  • Like a lemming, I followed the crowd, got to the right line and was concentrating hard when queried by the customs officer.
  • “It’s like the one person did it once and since then everyone has followed like lemmings, they all just copy each other’s behaviour,” said [Paul] Loebenberg.

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