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Sycophants….
Who here had to go look the meaning of that word? Raise your hand. ✋
...why are you getting downvoted for looking up a word??
I don't know. My native tongue is French. Sycophants in French means spy or inside informer. But we rarely, if ever, use that word.
In English it has another meaning. I had to look it up.
I have an extension recommendation if you're using Firefox (and if not, I'm sure there are similar ones for other browsers):
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dictionary-anyvhere/
Makes a little popup when you double click a word with its definition; and you can even double click a word in that for a followup definition when necessary.
I use it all the time - 10/10.
Nice. Thanks.
Maybe because an up-vote is - hands raising and down-vote is - hands down. Some things are hard to convey via internet messaging.
mon ami, et-tu sur? I'm finding no reference to it at all.
oui oui
behn gawdamn, 'garde-ca
Lemmy users hate people learning
Good for you that you learned a new word today.
But that term has been associated with Trump and characters like Elon and Bezos for a long time now.
I can see why.
They're large flippered dog like creatures that take over docks and harbors.
They looked up a word they did not know and learned something. Are you proud to be condescending to people who admit they didn't know something you take for granted?