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I want a fancier word that means "to suck up". Basically a verb form of obsequeous.
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to obseque?
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Ingratiate?"Paul Hanson, you should give Gibraltar back to the Spanish" - Paiktis, dramatically over-estimating my influence in diplomatic circles.
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sorta. I don't want to use suck up because of the sexual connotation. Ingratiate is a little off though. Doesn't really convey enough ass-kissing. Term is to neutral. You could ingratiate without it being thought of as obsequeous.Originally posted by Paul Hanson
Ingratiate?Comment
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toady-up?
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True.
How about "flatter"?"Paul Hanson, you should give Gibraltar back to the Spanish" - Paiktis, dramatically over-estimating my influence in diplomatic circles.
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Sycophancy?Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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Oh, a verb, bugger...can you verb-ise that?
Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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Fawn, kowtow,bootlick......any of those work?
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kiss ass"Chegitz, still angry about the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991?
You provide no source. You PROVIDE NOTHING! And yet you want to destroy capitalism.. you criminal..." - Fez
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kowtow is an interesting one
What's the context that this will be used, GP?
"Chegitz, still angry about the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991?
You provide no source. You PROVIDE NOTHING! And yet you want to destroy capitalism.. you criminal..." - Fez
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bootlicker?
heh fancy word eh...
not a verb sadlyCode:unctuous (`^Œktj…s) adj. 1. slippery or greasy. 2. affecting an oily charm. [C14: from Medieval Latin unctu sus, from Latin unctum ointment, from ungere to anoint] unctuosity(•^Œktj…`„s€t€) or `unctuousness n. `unctuously adv.
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That's better. And the sucking up was in the form of flattering. I would like the connotation of favors included though. This is someone flattering her boss on a seperate issue. (make more implicit the idea that she may recieve favors.)Originally posted by Paul Hanson
True.
How about "flatter"?
BTW, I ended up using sucking up.Comment
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Fawn is the best. Although all have a bit too much of a connotation of a slave sucking up to master.Originally posted by Tuberski
Fawn, kowtow,bootlick......any of those work?
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Brownnose?
That's a verb.
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