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Nic Name · 10-30-2002, 10:37 AM

Main Entry: sy.co.phant
Pronunciation: -f&nt also -"fant
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin sycophanta slanderer, swindler, from Greek sykophantEs slanderer, from sykon fig + phainein to show -- more at FANCY
Date: 1575
: a servile self-seeking flatterer
synonym see PARASITE
- sycophant adjective

I could start my own forum, but Syc has done such a good job here I thought, "What the heck, why not be a parasite and start my own thread here?"

10-30-2002, 10:37 AM	#1
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	The Sycophant Manifestos Main Entry: sy.co.phant Pronunciation: -f&nt also -"fant Function: noun Etymology: Latin sycophanta slanderer, swindler, from Greek sykophantEs slanderer, from sykon fig + phainein to show -- more at FANCY Date: 1575 : a servile self-seeking flatterer synonym see PARASITE - sycophant adjective I could start my own forum, but Syc has done such a good job here I thought, "What the heck, why not be a parasite and start my own thread here?"