Toady: Lick My Boots and Curry My Favor
Animalogy \ The Animals in Our Everyday Words & Phrases
English - March 10, 2017 22:53 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsBooks Arts Society & Culture animalrights literature animals compassion history language linguistics vegan words Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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A toady is a person who flatters and ingratiates himself or herself to another person in a servile way; a toady is a sycophant, a flatterer, especially someone who does distasteful or unprincipled things in order to gain favor. Celebrities and politicians are often accused of toadeating, and toadeating is exactly how we get the name of someone who kowtows.
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