Umberto Eco

History is rich with adventurous men, long on charisma, with a highly developed instinct for their own interests, who have pursued personal power - bypassing parliaments and constitutions, distributing favours to their minions, and conflating their own desires with the interests of the community.

Italian Novelist

Michelle Malkin

Here is the operating motto of the Obama White House: 'So let it be written, so let it be done!' Like Yul Brynner's Pharaoh Ramses character in Cecil B. DeMille's 'The Ten Commandments,' the demander in chief stands with arms akimbo issuing daily edicts to his constitution-subverting minions.

American Writer

Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Between Shades of Gray' is a story of astonishing force. I feel grateful for a writer like Ruta Sepetys who bravely tells the hard story of what happens to the innocent when world leaders and their minions choose hate and oppression. Beautiful and unforgettable.

Elena Satine

I think I could totally be a gangster, but I could never be the kind of gangster that carries things out myself. I would have to be the kingpin that has my minions go and do the dirty bidding. I think I'd be pretty good at giving orders.

Georgian Actress

Stormy Daniels

My goal is the same as it has always been - to stand up for myself and take back my voice after being bullied and intimidated by President Trump and his minions.

American Celebrity

Bjarke Ingels

If you are not able to transmit what you're trying to achieve to your collaborators, you will only have minions - or morons.

Danish Architect

Ivanka Trump

American Businesswoman

Used to show a clear power difference between the minion and their leader.

Power Dynamics

Often implies the person is not important and blindly follows orders.

Negative Connotation

Minions are not friends or equals; they work for someone more powerful.

Not Friends

In stories, minions are often not very smart and easily defeated.

Villain's Sidekick

Minions are secondary characters and don’t have major storylines.

Not Main Character

The term has a casual tone and fits informal discussions about shows.

Colloquial Tone

Recognized worldwide due to their popularity, especially among children.

Pop Culture Icon

Minions are known for their yellow color and goggles.

Unique Appearance

Awareness of context is vital, as 'minion' can refer to different things.

Multiple Meanings

 stomping around perhaps it's because he's got ants in his pants hopefully we won't have this minions in my pants because otherwise I'll be very uncomfortable but we basically have been looking around and there's so much insect life after the rain that we decided we'll have a little look under a

Safari Live - Day 125 PIPE...

 to launch nuclear missiles on their own. So he gave one launch code to Minion A, the other to minion B, and forbade them to share the numbers with each other. When the order came, each entered their own number and activated the countdown.

Can you solve the rogue...

 years ANP mechanic a pilot and helicopter mechanic and the Navy he's just got a lot of hands-on experience and that's something I need here your help is pretty valuable you got a lot of talent there I got a minion and I'm gonna use

Bye Bye Runway PIPE Life...

 what better way to accomplish that then well kidnapping the Queen's minions scour the neighborhood for other newly founded fire ant colonies and then pilfer the brood and bring the hostage larvae back to their own queen it's hard

Fire Ants Behead Rival...

 You’re in the nick of time to scare off her would-be kidnapper; not the vampire itself but a minion. 373 explains that she and the other immune are the subjects of an ancient prophecy that designated them as vampire slayers.

Can you solve the...

 maybe they thinking you a bunch of minions just move off I'm taking this waterfall myself maybe he just wants to be alone oh that's a young topi I thought that might have been a lion moving through the grass see I'm sure

Introducing a New Baby...

 keeping one, and distributing the other twelve to their mermite minions. If any one of these divisions left an unequal pile or leftover pearl, the monsters would pull everyone to the bottom of the sea.

Can you solve the sea...

 rich or poor, high and low, rural and urban. We eagerly accept what the merchants of misery and the global African Studies safari professoriat and their aid-addled, autonomy-fearing African minions

Why Africa must become a...

 Each of the dog’s heads has an equal chance of being the one to bite each time, and no two ever bite simultaneously. Unfortunately, Hades’ minions forgot to tell you what was happening,