flagonnage
English translation: boot-licking, sucking up to
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| 23:50 Nov 8, 2006 |
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| 4 +3 | flagoRnage |
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| 4 | toadying , fawning , sycophantic |
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peer agreement (net): +3
peer agreement (net): +3flagoRnage Explanation: sucking up to, licking boots and sundry appendages, creeping, crawling ... Hardly think this is the intended tone, however. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 21 mins (2006-11-09 00:12:40 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Maybe something like "appeal to journalists' social conscience ..." -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 42 mins (2006-11-09 00:33:03 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Larousse Lexis gives two classes of synonyms for "flagorneur": flatteur, and lèche-bottes, lécheur (fam.) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 44 mins (2006-11-09 00:35:13 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- That or it is Quebec franglais for "buy someone's favours by plying them with half-gallon bottles of spirits". |
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