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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 03:51 PM
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Ooooh, new word for today = sycophant. That's a doozy
I looked up the definition and such to see just what our new title means.

I must say, I like it much better than "DLC operative."

Main Entry: sy·co·phant
Pronunciation: -f&nt also -"fant
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin sycophanta slanderer, swindler, from Greek sykophantEs slanderer, from sykon fig + phainein to show -- more at FANCY
: a servile self-seeking flatterer

Synonyms
PARASITE, SYCOPHANT, TOADY, LEECH, SPONGE mean a usually obsequious flatterer or self-seeker. PARASITE applies to one who clings to a person of wealth, power, or influence or is useless to society <a jet-setter with an entourage of parasites>. SYCOPHANT adds to this a strong suggestion of fawning, flattery, or adulation <a powerful prince surrounded by sycophants>. TOADY emphasizes the servility and snobbery of the self-seeker <cultivated leaders of society and became their toady>. LEECH stresses persistence in clinging to or bleeding another for one's own advantage <a leech living off his family and friends>. SPONGE stresses the parasitic laziness, dependence, and opportunism of the cadger <a shiftless sponge, always looking for a handout>.
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 03:58 PM
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1. the asshole who called us that got banned
good riddance . and i'm pretty sure it was the same person that use to be seventhson. especially after seeing his personal attack on blm for what happened between her and seventhson.
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 04:03 PM
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2. M'god, alerting WORKS!
I alerted on him last night. I've seen folk almost as bad, but never that militantly ignorant (don't know, don't wanna know). When you're reading stuff to him from a bio, and he's still not believing it, that's a problem.
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whometense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 04:06 PM
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3. Nice work!
I read that thread. It made me sick to my stomach. Good riddance.
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GRLMGC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-11-05 10:42 AM
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4. I can't believe I missed that
It's been a doozy of a few days so I haven't been able to check DU.
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