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- noun slang An
obsequious person that tries to win the favor of someone, usually their superior
Etymologies
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Examples
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The only thing that was interesting about that video was realizing that ET Canada is much better than the bo-toxed celebrity kiss-ass version we have here in the states.
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One of the interviewers Mike Wise, I think? jumps in to make the point that he wouldn't name a team the "Blackskins," but Arrington immediately shuts the conversation down to let Snyder off the hook, like a good little kiss-ass.
Dan Snyder Mounts Charm Offensive Many Years Too Late Jason Linkins 2011
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I'm not being a pony-tailed kiss-ass S.N.A.G.* here, I'm just telling the truth.
Steven Nereo: Single Ape Advice: All This Fuss for a Microbus Steven Nereo 2012
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One of the interviewers Mike Wise, I think? jumps in to make the point that he wouldn't name a team the "Blackskins," but Arrington immediately shuts the conversation down to let Snyder off the hook, like a good little kiss-ass.
Dan Snyder Mounts Charm Offensive Many Years Too Late Jason Linkins 2011
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One of the interviewers Mike Wise, I think? jumps in to make the point that he wouldn't name a team the "Blackskins," but Arrington immediately shuts the conversation down to let Snyder off the hook, like a good little kiss-ass.
Dan Snyder Mounts Charm Offensive Many Years Too Late Jason Linkins 2011
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She's herself instead of being a kiss-ass like Betty.
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I'm not being a pony-tailed kiss-ass S.N.A.G.* here, I'm just telling the truth.
Steven Nereo: Single Ape Advice: All This Fuss for a Microbus Steven Nereo 2012
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One of the interviewers Mike Wise, I think? jumps in to make the point that he wouldn't name a team the "Blackskins," but Arrington immediately shuts the conversation down to let Snyder off the hook, like a good little kiss-ass.
Dan Snyder Mounts Charm Offensive Many Years Too Late Jason Linkins 2011
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I put "review" in quotes because I have never received such kiss-ass commentary in my entire academic career.
The Invited Review Reviewers Candid Engineer 2008
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I put "review" in quotes because I have never received such kiss-ass commentary in my entire academic career.
Archive 2008-11-01 Candid Engineer 2008
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