I already did 'look it up'...

My casual estimation is that some few may know what it originally meant and how / when it was intended to be used correctly..

But the term is becoming absorbed into less intelligent 'fashionable' common usage mainly through dissemination via right wing political blogs and email chain mail outs...

briefing, scripting, arming and deploying the eager faithful combative participants in the recent anti Corbyn Labour pre election smear campaign... ??? 🐑 🐑 🐑 😜