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Also it is frequently misused - hoi polloi means 'the masses' but people always say 'the hoi polloi', meaning the the masses. </pedantry>

• logicallee 12y ago
  so use hoi polloi 'correctly' as a noun in a sentence, without 'the' for me. This pedantic objection is just another reason not to ever use the phrase. You just can't. :)
  • deathcakes 12y ago
    "This is something hoi polloi would enjoy" May sound weird but thats only because people have been using it incorrectly for so long.
    • logicallee 12y ago
      And what does "This is something hoi polloi would enjoy" mean for you? :) what kind of example things would you say that of?
• robmcm 12y ago
  It's like some kind of retro RAS Syndrome