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Silent majority 

Bub: What is a silent majority?

Loko: An oxymoron

Bub: Oh really, why?

Loko: Think about it. How can a majority be silent? Would that not also imply there is a loud minority? Not strictly speaking, but by definition, a crowd of a thousand people cannot be more silent than a few individuals. Therefore it is an oxymoron.

Bub: So what you are saying is that a silent majority is seemingly silent, but has all the traits of a majority?

Loko: Exactly. However because it's an oxymoron, it is only to be used under specific contexts such as the majority of students attending a zoom lecture that vote on polls but don't ever talk. It has also been used as a misnomer intended to magnify a population group to make it appear bigger than it really is. In the second case, it is the 'majority' part that is meant to elude, while 'silent' implies that there is another group in comparison: the supposedly "loud" group which turns out to be the true majority group.

Bub: The second use-case sounds a bit sus.

Loko: Yes, essentially it is double-speak.
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silent majority 

The imaginary friends of people who don't want to recognize they are fringe crackpots.
Of course the Earth is flat, and the silent majority knows it's true!
silent majority by Bill Nada July 26, 2020
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Majorical 

Majorical Meaning beyond Legendary and even more harder then a legendary as of a 0.000001% chance of a event or FInding a species or treasure
wolves are More Majorical then Legendarily Foxes

Majorical is a Highter tier then Legendary and is harder to find
Majorical by jackercol July 8, 2019

Majority Apparent 

A group of people in a country that usually aren't representative of the majority, but are so loud and obnoxious when they voice their opinions that it becomes quite easy for someone to mistake them for the majority. They appear to be the majority because they are usually extremely angry when conversing about socio-political issues, and usually protest in very large groups as well. Despite the fact that they're extremely outspoken and annoying, they rarely influence any kind of significant change, much less a positive one.
Far left liberals, punk teenagers, socialists, anarchists, etc, are all part of the Majority Apparent.
Majority Apparent by C-can January 23, 2004

'Majericans 

The conjunction for the majority of Americans.

The opposite of 'Minericans.

Alternate spelling: 'Majoricans
'Majericans by First.Last January 30, 2017

MajorIsNotReal 

A literal god who is never to be fucked with
Dude: Hey did you see what happened to MajorIsNotReal? He got hit by a car
Girl: Eh he is probably okay, I mean, he is a god after all haha

tyranny of the majority 

Tyranny of the Majority: a slang phrase used to describe democracy by people who insist that tyranny of the minority is better.
A system where people are allowed to choose their leaders, with one person being allowed to cast one vote, is tyranny of the majority.