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Colloquial words for 'sycophantic'
What are colloquial words or slang in spoken English for 'sycophantic'? thanks in advance.
Jan 13, 2019 2:25 PM
Answers · 4
Brown-noser, suck-up, and teacher's pet.
But I don't know the adjective equivalents. In the USA if we want to say someone has the qualitiies of being a brown-noser, etc., we just say "he's a brown-noser," "he's a suck-up," etc.
January 13, 2019
thanks Jose, any adjectives off the top of your head?
January 13, 2019
I had to look it up. I think some colloquial synonyms are: brown-noser, suck-up, and teacher's pet:
January 13, 2019
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