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1. I never even head the word "lickspittle"

Sun Nov 10, 2019, 02:35 PM

Nov 2019

(and I am unusually well read) so I find your suggestion strange, to say the very, very, least.

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I never even head the word "lickspittle" marybourg Nov 2019 #1

A lickspittle is a particularly odious suck up. nt tblue37 Nov 2019 #2

It's a thing, and it's been around awhile. A long while. Cirque du So-What Nov 2019 #6

"Lackey" or "Limp" work better for me. NRaleighLiberal Nov 2019 #3

Not "limp" because it has ugly homophobic nuances. nt tblue37 Nov 2019 #4

Whimpsy Graham. SKKY Nov 2019 #5

I love alliteration Bob Loblaw Nov 2019 #8

Good one! nt crickets Nov 2019 #9

I still sort of think "Lackey Lindsey" says it all... hlthe2b Nov 2019 #10

Leningrad Lindsey, along with DFW Nov 2019 #11