Fun & Fancy Words:
As Mary Poppins taught us,
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emember supercalifragilisticexpialidocious? Don’t forget about King Lear’s flibbertigibbet. Needless to say, there’s also the magical incantation abracadabra. And here’s another wacky one.
Sycophant:
Also known as a “suck-up,” “bootlicker,” or “toady.” A sycophant is a fawning parasite who gets in the good graces of their target with groveling, ego-stroking praise. Some literary sycophants are: Othello’s Iago, Uriah Heep from David Copperfield, and nearly everyone who works for Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada.
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