bumsucker
A blunt British slang insult for a sycophant — someone who flatters, fawns over, and relentlessly agrees with authority figures in order to gain favour.
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A blunt British slang insult for a sycophant — someone who flatters, fawns over, and relentlessly agrees with authority figures in order to gain favour. The bumsucker is the office kiss-up, the colleague who laughs loudest at the boss's jokes and never pushes back on a bad idea. British English has a long tradition of vivid compound insults for this type, and bumsucker is one of the more colourful. It's used with the particular British contempt reserved for those who sacrifice dignity for approval.
Everyone could see he was a bumsucker, but management loved him anyway.
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(UK, slang, derogatory) A sycophant or toady.
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