Use of the word "Shill" to describe RW Fanatics.

[Homer12]

Can "Shiller" (i.e. one whom shills)(e.g. He is a shiller for GWB.), be used correctly, or is this a mis-use of english?

[donco6]

1. Misuse.

A shill is a shill. No need for the -er.

[madinmaryland]

2. What is a shilling then?

[Gormy Cuss]

3. A conservative baseball pitcher rumored to have political ambitions.

[Igel]

4. And they don't have to be fanatics.

Or RW.

"A decoy or accomplice, esp. one posing as an enthusiastic or successful customer to encourage other buyers, gamblers, etc."

Hence, "One who poses as a disinterested advocate of another but is actually of the latter's party; a mouthpiece, a stooge."

Etymology's a bit obscure, but 'shillaber' has the same meaning and appears around the same time as 'shill' (and quickly vanishes). (Meanwhile 'shilling' is unrelated, it seems, and predates the usual starting point for English--it occurs in a bunch of Germanic languages, including Gothic. *skel- or *skell- is the choice of roots, one means 'to ring' the other 'divide'.)

[Homer12]

5. Although, the RW seems to have the monopoly at the moment.

N/T