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Hi there. Im looking for the word that means "unconditional/unquestioning loyalty/favoritism".
I'v heard this word before.... but i cant remember what it is!... and i cant seem to find it anywhere.
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Hi marek.... my suggestion is, SYCOPHANT but some of the others could have a better idea.
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welcome marek: Perhaps you are looking for "claquer" - literally someone who is hired to applaud a performance, however bad or good it is. The meaning can easily be widened to include a group of sycophants, toadies, flatterers, etc.
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I just happen to have this file..
minions..
toady toadeater tufthunter (Brit.) snurge (Brit.) lickspittle minion lackey limberham (fig.) backslapper clawback (obs.) apple-polisher yes-man stooge myrmidon follower pushover bootlicker brownnoser groveler flatterer kowtower fawner flatterer flunky groupie(s) *sycophant truckler ass-kisser arse-licker (Brit.) suck-up doormat doter fawner henchman hanger-on trencherman edit: gnatho shammes
(groups) mob posse entourage retainers retinue *claque
(adjs) gnathonic obsequious (and synonyms) unctuous ingratiating
Last edited by tsuwm; 10/01/12 04:51 PM.
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What a list...most are unflattering terms, I guess its not a good place to be. (unless, as Rhuby word...one got paid for the position).
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veteran
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Y'all keep knocking.
I wish to create (or find) a word that delimits the vile collaboration of professional social in-groups to the abject detriment of the rest of us. You know, vile people like vile lawyers, vile doctors, and vile Indian chiefs. Those vile folk have Unions without Unions.
Hmm... maybe some variant of sycophant or claque or mutual masturbation will suffice.
Last edited by jenny jenny; 10/02/12 04:09 AM.
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All the answers seem to have been treating this as a bad thing. This when loyalty is seen as a good thing. Anybody got any positive words for this?
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but isn't the proffered definition itself shaded a bit negatively - "unconditional/unquestioning loyalty/favoritism" - unless you're a Pollyanna? loyalty may be seen as a good thing, but unconditional or unquestioning, not so much.
even boosters and fans have gotten bad reps!
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Not if you have faith in the object of your unquestioning loyalty.
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