Meaning of pile-on | Babel Free

Definitions

An argument or fight in which one side is greatly advantaged by being more numerous or more closely allied than the other side.

Examples

“We are in a time of never-ending Twitter pile-ons. Sometimes the criticism is warranted: Twitter can be a place for marginalised voices to amplify or bring attention to an injustice they have suffered.”

“A social media “pile-on” against anyone who criticises Sinn Féin does not aid or assist the party, its housing spokesman has said.”

“Muzzling Kelly also elevates a semi-professional obscurantist to the status of free speech martyr, and that invites a cacophonous pile-on from the rightwing bobble heads who screech about the left’s obsession with identity politics while shovelling identity politics at their audiences.”

“Online, there’s a level of industrial-scale bullying directed at Heard that puts all previous social media pile-ons to shame.”

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