Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
flagornage
English translation:
boot-licking, sucking up to
Added to glossary by
Laura Molinari
Nov 8, 2006 23:50
17 yrs ago
French term
Canada
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Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English to Spanish
flagonnage
French to English
Other
Slang
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Organiser de la publicité dans les médias locaux (TV, journal) sur les activités passées à l’unité, faire du flagonnage auprès des journalistes, afin de démontrer la fierté des jeunes, leur sentiment d’appartenance.
Quebec French
Quebec French
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | flagoRnage |
Bourth (X)
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| 4 | toadying , fawning , sycophantic |
Jonathan MacKerron
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Proposed translations
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flagoRnage
sucking up to, licking boots and sundry appendages, creeping, crawling ...
Hardly think this is the intended tone, however.
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Note added at 21 mins (2006-11-09 00:12:40 GMT)
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Maybe something like "appeal to journalists' social conscience ..."
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Note added at 42 mins (2006-11-09 00:33:03 GMT)
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Larousse Lexis gives two classes of synonyms for "flagorneur": flatteur, and lèche-bottes, lécheur (fam.)
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Note added at 44 mins (2006-11-09 00:35:13 GMT)
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That or it is Quebec franglais for "buy someone's favours by plying them with half-gallon bottles of spirits".
Hardly think this is the intended tone, however.
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Note added at 21 mins (2006-11-09 00:12:40 GMT)
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Maybe something like "appeal to journalists' social conscience ..."
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Note added at 42 mins (2006-11-09 00:33:03 GMT)
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Larousse Lexis gives two classes of synonyms for "flagorneur": flatteur, and lèche-bottes, lécheur (fam.)
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Note added at 44 mins (2006-11-09 00:35:13 GMT)
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That or it is Quebec franglais for "buy someone's favours by plying them with half-gallon bottles of spirits".
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks! The misspelling threw me off."
9 hrs
Jonathan MacKerron
Native in English
Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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8
toadying , fawning , sycophantic
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