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	Sycophant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Look up sycophant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
		Another old explanation was that fines and taxes were at one time paid in figs, wine and oil, and those who collected such payments in kind were called sycophants because they "presented," publicly handed them in.
		Thus the term has come to mean one who seeks to please people in positions of authority or influence in order to gain power themselves, usually at the cost of pride, principles, and peer respect.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sycophant (258 words)

	SYCOPHANT - LoveToKnow Article on SYCOPHANT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		According to ancient authorities, the word (derived by them from O~I3KOV, fig, and ~atveu, to show) meant one who informed against another for exporting figs (which was forbidden by law) or for stealing the fruit of the sacred fig-trees, whether in time of famine or on any other occasion.
		Another old explanation was that fines and taxes were at one time paid in figs, wine and oil, and those who collected such payments in kind were called sycophants because they presented, publicly handed thei~
		The flesh of this species is inferior in flavour to that of the Mediterranean species, and is principally consumed after having been preserved in salt or brine.
	27.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SY/SYCOPHANT.htm (681 words)

	Dictionary.com/Word of the Day: sycophant
		The praise Oxford received as a poet may simply have issued from the mouths of sycophants hungry for patronage.
		Ivan IV established a new, much simplified officialdom and a court composed of sycophants and mercenaries.
		Sukophantes is literally a fig-shower perhaps because he was often inclined to make the obscene gesture called the fig or fico (which derives from the Italian, from Latin ficus, fig, fig-tree).
	www.dictionary.com /wordoftheday/archive/2000/03/27.html (169 words)

	Sycophant from LiveJournal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Cookie threw herself at my feet like the fawning sycophant she is, but neither of the cats was anywhere to be seen.
		Why is she giving lectures on liberty, democracy, liberty and constitutions to Iran and Syria, when her boss is the very antithesis of all sacred traditions and seems to have only...
		Fervently, he thanked his fate that he hadn’t become the power-seeking sycophant his father had attempted to mold him into, nor was he moldering in Azkaban, nor was his head adorning a stake for the Dark Lord’s amusement.
	www.ljseek.com /search/Sycophant (672 words)

	Sycophant
		Sycophant differs from Me-Too in that he is much more concerned with sucking up than he is with actually doing battle.
		Of course, he WILL engage in some light combat to impress Big Dog and other stronger Warriors, but he never exposes himself to unnecessary danger.
		Although combatants sometimes employ Sycophant to buttress an attack, his constantly shifting loyalties make him a weak and unreliable ally.
	redwing.hutman.net /~mreed/warriorshtm/sycophant.htm (66 words)

	thoreaulylazy: ascent of a sycophant
		Buggy-eyed with a grimace covering half his face, the unskilled sycophant is not beautiful.
		Near his master, the sycophant is bowing, radiating a glow of appreciation and humble affection.
		He is not respected; the intentions of the unskilled sycophant are too thinly veiled.
	www.livejournal.com /users/thoreaulylazy/579.html (300 words)

	Home - Sycophant Hex
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		The term fanfiction denotes a story written within a certain fandom by a fan -- someone who is most definitely not the author.
	sycophanthex.com (396 words)

	Information on sycophant
		To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.
		A base parasite; a mean or servile flatterer; especially, a flatterer of princes and great men.
		sycophant n : a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage [syn: toady, crawler, lackey]
	www.wkonline.com /d/sycophant.html (250 words)

	SycamoreSycophant
		Sycophants are an agreeable sort and if I am to live up to my name, I'll need to agree but there is nothing that says all agreement is equal.
		Whether all the parties mentioned acted as Clinton declares "under penalty of perjury, pursuant to 28 USC 1746, that the above (his affadavit) is true and correct." remains to be shown.
		Sycophant to the end, don't you know, by quoting not Thomas Jefferson but a novelist successful in the Science Fiction genre who quotes Thomas.
	sycamoresycophant.blogspot.com (7722 words)

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	sycophant - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Sycophant : Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
		SYCOPHANT : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
		Words similar to sycophant: toady, crawler, lackey, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=sycophant&ls=a (201 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Hope that doesn't offend anyone.-Katie - ------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with the message: unsubscribe sycophant ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 09:51:07 EDT From: PMJJDH@aol.com Subject: Re: sycophant steve-o and pam Anthony, I liked the puffy blouse - sort of a schmalty garment to pair with her utilitarian fl jeans and DMs.
		It sort of reminds me of what she does with adding musical lines of piano standards to some of her own tunes on piano intros.
		Emily Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun.
	www.smoe.org /lists/sycophant/v03.n058 (466 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Politics \| Special Reports \| Blair called a sycophant as anti-war jibes get personal
		Tony Blair will today risk a hostile reaction from union leaders when he insists that military action against "international outlaw" Saddam Hussein will be in defence of the United Nations and enforce international law.
		Mr Chirac used an interview in the New York Times to state that he found the Bush administration doctrine of pre-emptive military action in its fight against terrorism "extraordinarily dangerous" and to stress that France would never act as a lackey for America.
		And I'm telling you that France considers itself one of the friends of the Americans, not necessarily one of its sycophants," he said.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /foreignaffairs/story/0,11538,789151,00.html (869 words)

	Ashwinder :: To bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses
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	LINGUIST List 6.201: Origin of sycophant
		Message 2: Re: 6.146 Sum: Sycophant and Sign of the fig
		A footnote to the fascinating sycophant summary: When I was a kid in high school in the Paris area our French lit.
		Subsequent to my recent posting about the origin of the word "sycophant" I received two comments which add interesting insights.
	www.sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de /linguist/issues/6/6-201.html (491 words)

	Susan Estrich - Sycophant
		Even by the standard of her usual sycophancy, she was over the top.
		Estrich, of course, is maneuvering for a talk show slot at Fox, as I see it, so her ass-kissing is a fine plan for her to achieve that goal.
		Fox sycophant (and I believe wannabe-talk-show-host) Susan Estrich seems to have developed an annoying new quirk.
	www.therationalradical.com /misc/susan-estrich.htm (1268 words)

	Media Sycophant Jailbird? - by Gordon Prather
		eo-crazy media sycophant Judith Miller of the New York Times, an "embedded" reporter in Bush's war of aggression against Iraq — and in the subsequent futile hunt for the weapons of mass destruction she had frequently reported Saddam Hussein had — is currently embedded in jail for refusing to testify before a grand jury.
		Wilson claimed that he had conducted the requested investigation and reported on his return that there was no credible evidence that any such effort had been made.
		So, WHIG apparently swung into action, trying to make "Democrat" Wilson and his CIA covert-agent wife the issue, rather than the revelation that the White House had knowingly made false statements to us and their media sycophants.
	www.antiwar.com /prather?articleid=6817 (754 words)

	Sycophant - Definition of Sycophant by Webster Dictionary
		Sycophant - Definition of Sycophant by Webster Dictionary
		Each verse, each sentence, sets his soul on fire.
		Sycophanting and misnaming the work of his adversary.
	www.webster-dictionary.net /definition/Sycophant (75 words)

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		Claiming "anti-semitism" at the slightest hint of disagreement with anything that the Israeli government does is a really really good way to debase the term and reduce it to meaningless catchphrase.
		Jay Garner, imperial supervisor of the new Iraq, is either an absolute idiot or a shameless shameless sycophant.
		General Garner served two tours in Vietnam, first in 1967-68 as an infantry adviser in the central highlands, and as a district senior adviser in 1971-72 in the strategic hamlet program, which involved relocating Vietnamese in remote villages into areas heavily defended by American forces, he said.
	www.interlink.com.au /anthony/20030416_000000.html (3068 words)

	[IOBA TradeBooks] fs: Sycophant, satirist, dwarf, penner of dirty ditties... (1631) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Offered by Joslin Hall Rare Books- "an extraordinarily interesting and eccentric character - connoisseur of graveyards, tobacco-enthusiast, sycophant, satirist, dwarf, penner of dirty ditties, egotist, pugnacious Lancashire man and proud of it..." ~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~ Weever, John.
		Weever himself was a graduate of Queen's College and a most interesting fellow.
		Iain Wright describes him in an essay on the Queen's College website as- "an extraordinarily interesting and eccentric character - connoisseur of graveyards, tobacco-enthusiast, sycophant, satirist, dwarf, penner of dirty ditties, egotist, pugnacious Lancashire man and proud of it...
	ioba.org /pipermail/tradebooks_ioba.org/2003-November/000066.html (849 words)

	Wizards.COMmunity Boards - Random Card - Spineless Sycophant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Spineless Sycophant cannot be the target of spells or abilities controlled by your opponents.
		01-07-04, 07:52 PM What about some kind of mechanic where, when it comes into play, it becomes "attached" to the fate of another creature in play...it is a sycophant.
		When the target permanent is removed from play, the sycophant follows.
	boards1.wizards.com /archive/index.php/t-160033.html (330 words)

	Sycophant Hex: Verbum sapienti sat est (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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	www.sycophanthex.com /festival.html (774 words)

	The Command Post - Iraq - Sycophant BBC reporter letters to Iraq exposed
		The Command Post - Iraq - Sycophant BBC reporter letters to Iraq exposed
		Sycophant is one way to look at it, playing the guy is another.
		It's the reporting that matters, not what silly compliments he paid to get his visa approved.
	www.command-post.org /archives/006627.html (1140 words)

	Econoline Crush - Sycophant: Reviews, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Econoline Crush - Sycophant: Reviews, Audio Clips, and more
		Econoline Crush - Sycophant: Reviews, Audio Clips, and more
		Sycophant [+] performed by Econoline Crush [+] written by Robbie Morfitt [+], Daniel Yaremko [+]
	music.com /performance/sycophant/2 (95 words)

	Music CD: Adios. KMFDM Tracks: Adios, Sycophant, D.I.Y, Today, Witness, R.U.OK?, That's All, Full Worm Garden, Rubicon, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		KMFDM Tracks: Adios, Sycophant, D.I.Y, Today, Witness, R.U.OK?, That's All, Full Worm Garden, Rubicon, Bereit.
		The album begins with "Adios," a fast paced techno number and a bitter goodbye song.
		You'll never say, "I gotta hear that again." "Sycophant," the second track, is boring dub, recalling their earlier moments - another forgettable track.
	www.musicolympus.com /cd-store/B00000INY4/Adios_-_KMFDM.html (1152 words)

	Amazing use of the same Sycophant verbage -- Natural Golfers' Support Forum
		I must have heard that same exact line from Dave Brown, and a gaggle of other sycophants a 100 times!
		Pray tell how can advertising and slapping a patent on a set of G3s protect is from copycats, when the patent doesn't apply to that club?
		The only ass here is the sycophant rodent using about 7 or 8 different alias posting against me.
	www.voy.com /2447/4/4681.html (210 words)

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		Subject: Germano Residence (Was: sycophant US tour?) On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Roji Panty Complex wrote: > Did Lisa Germano every come to the US to tour?
		http://weber.ucsd.edu/~dmckiern http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Mc_Kiernan - ------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with the message: unsubscribe sycophant ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 20:26:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Kevyzim@aol.com Subject: sycophant Re: Germano Residence I went to high school with Lisa and she grew up in Mishawaka, IN (northen indiana) and then lived in Bloomington (IU country) for a while.
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	www.smoe.org /lists/sycophant/v02.n010 (504 words)

	Occlumency :: A Severus Snape archive
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	occlumency.sycophanthex.com (599 words)

	THE NATIONAL BRUCE LEE CROTCH VIOLENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE: And now, the continuing adventures of Sycophant Joe and ...
		And now, the continuing adventures of Sycophant Joe and Hater McCoy
		Sycophant Joe and Hater McCoy relaxing at home.
		Sycophant Joe and Hater McCoy go on the internet.
	www.crotchviolence.org /crotchviolence/2004/07/and_now_the_con.html (152 words)

	The Mavens' Word of the Day
		Could you please tell me about the origin of "sycophant"?
		They both mean the same thing, and they both involve fruit, but that's about it.
		The only current sense of sycophant in English is 'a self-seeking, servile flatterer; a fawning parasite'.
	www.randomhouse.com /wotd/index.pperl?date=19980715 (333 words)

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