Lickspittle, n.

[bemildred]

toady, sycophant, toadeater, tufthunter, fawning flatterer,
truckler, flatterer, backslapper, backscratcher, timeserver,
apple polisher, brown nose, brown noser, brownie, parasite,
leech, sponge or sponger, hanger-on, courtier, attendant,
flunky, lackey, yes man, jackal, spaniel, bootlick, bootlicker,
footlicker, lickspit, kowtower, cringer, groveler, sniveler

-- Rodale's Synonym Finder

[rigel99]

1. condi

are you referring to condi?

[Fire Walk With Me]

2. Great news... They're in need of toad eaters in Australia

[Anakin Skywalker]

3. You Talkin' "Bush Supporter"?

[Sal Minella]

4. Talkin' what Galloway called Coleman.

[bemildred]

5. Just adding context to Mr. Galloway's comments.

Fleshing them out, so to speak.

[Sal Minella]

6. Isn't it a delight to hear someone speak in full sentences?

Subject, verb, modifiers -- glorious long sentences with meaning and depth and structure and impact. Articulate expression, ex tempore, of clearly thought-out ideas.

sigh.

[jayctravis]

7. full COLO(U)RFUL sentences!

[bemildred]

8. Clarity is certainly something to be applauded.

I expect it's not so striking in the UK; but here, where everything
is relentlessly turned into word gruel, it's like a breath of
fresh air.

[Spazito]

9. and it seems he didn't stop there in his wonderful elequence...

it seems he said the following to Christopher Hitchens:

"Before the hearing began, the MP for Bethnal Green and Bow even had some scorn left over to bestow generously upon the pro-war writer Christopher Hitchens. "You're a drink-soaked former-Trotskyist popinjay," Mr Galloway informed him. "Your hands are shaking. You badly need another drink," he added later, ignoring Mr Hitchens's questions and staring intently ahead."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1486417,...

One entry found for popinjay.


Main Entry: pop·in·jay
Pronunciation: 'pä-p&n-"jA
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English papejay parrot, from Middle French papegai, papejai, from Arabic babghA'
Date: 1528
: a strutting supercilious person

from Merriam-Webster

[bemildred]

10. Hitch is way over his head trying to deal with Galloway.

I thought Galloway did better in front of the cameras, but I
expect he was angry and didn't want to waste it on Hitch, so he
just disembowelled him immediately.