16-01-2003 04:02									#1
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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?

	16-01-2003 04:03									#3
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Ingratiate?

	16-01-2003 04:06									#4
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quote: Originally posted by Paul Hanson Ingratiate?

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.

	16-01-2003 04:08									#5
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toady-up?

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	16-01-2003 04:10									#6
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True.

How about "flatter"?

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Sycophancy?

	16-01-2003 04:11									#8
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Oh, a verb, bugger...can you verb-ise that?

	16-01-2003 04:14									#9
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Fawn, kowtow,bootlick......any of those work?

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	16-01-2003 04:14									#10
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kiss ass

	16-01-2003 04:15									#11
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kowtow is an interesting one What's the context that this will be used, GP?

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bootlicker?

heh fancy word eh...

code:

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. 

not a verb sadly

	16-01-2003 05:09									#13
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quote: Originally posted by Paul Hanson True. How about "flatter"?

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.)

BTW, I ended up using sucking up.

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quote: Originally posted by Tuberski Fawn, kowtow,bootlick......any of those work? ACK!

Fawn is the best. Although all have a bit too much of a connotation of a slave sucking up to master.

This is a free-lance writer kissing ass with an editor.

	16-01-2003 05:11									#15
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Brownnose?

That's a verb.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Brownnose

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Bootlick?

code:

v. bootˇlicked, bootˇlickˇing, bootˇlicks
v. tr.

To behave toward in a servile or obsequious manner.


v. intr.

To behave in a servile or obsequious manner.

	16-01-2003 05:15									#17
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How about Blandish?

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=blandish

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apple-polish, attract, blandish, bootlick, brownnose, captivate, charm, crawl, curry favor, fawn, flatter, grovel, insinuate oneself, kiss butt, kowtow, lick boots, seek favor, toady, truckle

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quote: Originally posted by FrustratedPoet Brownnose? That's a verb. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Brownnose

I considered that but the bathroom connection is too clear.

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quote: Originally posted by Jaakko apple-polish, attract, blandish, bootlick, brownnose, captivate, charm, crawl, curry favor, fawn, flatter, grovel, insinuate oneself, kiss butt, kowtow, lick boots, seek favor, toady, truckle

1. Good list. I don't think I knew the meaning of blandish before now.

2. BTW, funny story about obsequious: As plebes at the Naval Academy, we had a little book called REEF POINTS that contained the plebe "knowledge" which we were responsible for. There was a section in the back with a glossoray of NAval Academy slang. And in it was the word, "smack" which means a kiss-ass. Well the definition they had was "Obsequious. And one who looks it up."

	16-01-2003 05:27									#21
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www.thesaurus.com cross-referenced with www.dictionary.com will find you just about anything.

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I always look at that url and think, The Saurus? A Dinosaur website?

I also find that poetry.com is a pretty useful site.

	16-01-2003 05:37									#23
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So did you look it up GP?

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quote: Originally posted by FrustratedPoet www.thesaurus.com cross-referenced with www.dictionary.com will find you just about anything.

Thanks. I wanted the discussion too...

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quote: Originally posted by Jaakko So did you look it up GP?

:shamefaced:

	16-01-2003 05:58									#26
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Did you have the concept of "nakkisuoja" in the Navy BTW?
It's the fine art of instantly faking important and/or urgent activities in order to avoid unpleasant extra duties.

	16-01-2003 06:02									#27
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quote: Originally posted by Jaakko Did you have the concept of "nakkisuoja" in the Navy BTW? It's the fine art of instantly faking important and/or urgent activities in order to avoid unpleasant extra duties.

We refered to it as "Skating."

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I forgot to mention, that was the higher form of the art. Some dumber folks with low cunning preferred physical methods, like stuffing yourself into an extra locker when someone came looking for idle people.

And oh yes, "nakkisuoja" translates as "wiener (the sausage) cover". I have no idea why "nakki" means an extra chore as well as a foodstuff.

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quote: Originally posted by Jaakko Did you have the concept of "nakkisuoja" in the Navy BTW? It's the fine art of instantly faking important and/or urgent activities in order to avoid unpleasant extra duties.

Yeah. although I don't know if there is a pithy term for it.

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Sounds like a synonym for "moderating off topic".