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November 7, 2007
Word Assistance Needed
I need a word coined, me-thinks. What would be a good word for a senior staff meeting where V.P.s laugh like drugged hyenas at all the CEO's unfunny comments?
Ass-kissing seems too generic, and brown-nosing is boring. I need a new word.
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How about "latrining"? Latrine is the term used to describe the the communal spots where all members of a hyena clan defecate, to make the clan's territory.
You know, since those types seem to be full of shit, after all.
How about an old one? "Sycophancy" has a nice ring to it.
"Did you have to sit through yesterday's sycophancy meeting?"
Sycophantasm
jonestown-meeting
laugh suckling
Lapdog convention.
Yes-Man convention.
How about a tribute to Ed McMahon, the quintessential talk-show sidekick? You could say "That meeting was all McMahons," or "did you see Jim? he McMahoned his way through that whole presentation."
Toe-jamming, or toe-jammers
(as in toe the line, but something worse than ass-kissing or boot-licking. you see this in the House of Commons all the time.)
Fantastic suggestions, everyone. I can tell I'm not the first person to have mulled over this subject.
reach-arounding
It is time for the Hoover's Performance Report. Lets find out who outperforms who in the sucking-up contest.
"Red-fest." After Sgt. Red O'Neill in the film Platoon - the quintessence of suck-up-ness...
1. Hooverfest
2. Fake-Off
3. Wankathon
4. Circle Smirk
Toadyfest
Gufflawfest , Heewhores, Kissaster, Koolaidascope, Taffypull, flaughoff, Innerstankdom
You mean they all digg-kiss the bosse's jokes.
Verbal flatulence
Vertical Arousal
"power giggling"
Yes-men laughing
Circle-joking.
how about "Ditto-fest", "herd of ditto-heads," "all oil and no gears," "oil on calm waters."
"Saccharine Symphony".
And one last: I think due to Victor Borge (or someone like him): "his comments were like marshmallow syrup strained through an old brassiere"
brown-laughing
schmucking up.
schmucking up to the boss.
I find the best sucking-up is done after the meeting when all the others have left and I can talk to the boss alone. Thus my late entry.
The meeting should be called a "Yuck-Up" like the very Web 2.0 "meet-up." The participants would be called "Yuck-ups".
How about: SPLUNGE.
It isn't quite perfect for what you want, but it comes from a Monty Python sketch where the boss fires all the yes-men, then all the naysayers, and the confronts the last guy to either say yes or no, and all he can get out is splunge.
hyena-laughing is perfect