. "Hoi polloi (Ancient Greek: \u03BF\u1F31 \u03C0\u03BF\u03BB\u03BB\u03BF\u03AF, hoi polloi, \"the many\"), is an expression from Greek that means the many or, in the strictest sense, the majority. In English, it has been corrupted by giving it a negative connotation to signify deprecation of the working class, commoners, the masses or common people in a derogatory or, more often today, ironic sense."@en .