docile

adj 1: willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the

docile masses of an enslaved nation" [ant: {stubborn}]

2: ready and willing to be taught; "docile pupils eager for

instruction"; "teachable youngsters" [syn: {teachable}]

3: easily handled or managed; "a gentle old horse, docile and

obedient" [syn: {gentle}]

dogpile

({Usenet}, probably from mainstream "puppy pile") When many

people post unfriendly responses in short order to a single

posting, they are sometimes said to "dogpile" or "dogpile on"

the person to whom they're responding. For example, when a

religious missionary posts a simplistic appeal to alt.atheism,

he can expect to be dogpiled.

(1994-12-08)