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toad·y ( P ) Pronunciation Key (td)
n. pl. toad·ies
A person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; a sycophant.
tr. & intr.v. toad·ied, toad·y·ing, toad·ies
To be a toady to or behave like a toady. See Synonyms at fawn1.
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[From toad.]
Word History: The earliest recorded sense (around 1690) of toady is “a little or young toad,” but this has nothing to do with the modern usage of the word. The modern sense has rather to do with the practice of certain quacks or charlatans who claimed that they could draw out poisons. Toads were thought to be poisonous, so these charlatans would have an attendant eat or pretend to eat a toad and then claim to extract the poison from the attendant. Since eating a toad is an unpleasant job, these attendants came to epitomize the type of person who would do anything for a superior, and toadeater (first recorded 1629) became the name for a flattering, fawning parasite. Toadeater and the verb derived from it, toadeat, influenced the sense of the noun and verb toad and the noun toady, so that both nouns could mean “sycophant” and the verb toady could mean “to act like a toady to someone.”
n : a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage [syn: sycophant, crawler, lackey] v : try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss" [syn: fawn, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up]
n : a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage [syn: sycophant, crawler, lackey] v : try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss" [syn: fawn, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up]
My personal fave synonym has always been "apple-polisher".
"If the American people had ever known the truth about what we (the BCE) have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched." - Poppy Bush, 1992
I really don't care, but it seems that most of the people that like to spittle and spew about GW have accomplished NOTHING! At the end of their lives a living résumé could be written and the loudest voices will have done nothing to compare with the person,people,object that occupies their frontal lobes.
Most of the loudest complainers won't run for political office but they're going to belch out topics like they're the authoritative voice of the politico world! They wouldn't be allowed in conversations with most issues and they sure as hell won't be called upon for anything. The talk to hear their own voice! They will pale in comparirison at the end of the day.
I'm willing to put up with mistakes as long as action is in progress. Do I agree lock-step with GW...no. Same with the Republican party. There will be problems with every party and political affiliation. They're comprised of people.
Originally posted by DrMaddVibe Most of the loudest complainers won't run for political office but they're going to belch out topics like they're the authoritative voice of the politico world! They wouldn't be allowed in conversations with most issues and they sure as hell won't be called upon for anything.
Most of the loudest complainers are so disenfranchised and pissed off that they are beyond the ability to patiently debate, wait, and compromise. And most don't have the ability to completely circumvent their morals just to make a buck, which is the point of politics these days.
Hey Dr MV... I'll be heading to your neck of the woods next week!!! :D
Originally posted by LoungeMachine THERE JCOOK, YOU IGNORANT, INBRED, DOLT
NOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT A TOADY IS?
fucking asshole
Tell you what Lounge walk up to any black man in this country and call him a "toady" and see how much ass you have left within a few seconds Then pull out your books and try to convince him that you were misunderstood.
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