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A catchphrase to describe an over-protective subordinate
Catchphrase or word for overcrowdedIs an iconic phrase a catchphrase?
Is there a catchphrase to describe a subordinate whose knee-jerk reaction is to aggressively verbally defend their boss from any perceived slight sometimes without actually understanding the issue or even when it's not unambiguously an attack on their boss or their boss himself probably wouldn't care? (Something historical maybe or borrowing on a fictional character?)
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Is there a catchphrase to describe a subordinate whose knee-jerk reaction is to aggressively verbally defend their boss from any perceived slight sometimes without actually understanding the issue or even when it's not unambiguously an attack on their boss or their boss himself probably wouldn't care? (Something historical maybe or borrowing on a fictional character?)
catch-phrases
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In the US experience, the first thing that comes to mind is a sports analogy, the offense defending their quarterback.
– Fattie
4 hours ago
"Jeeves" (of the "Jeeves and Wooster" stories) might fit some scenarios.
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
Maybe "attack dog".
– James
51 mins ago
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Is there a catchphrase to describe a subordinate whose knee-jerk reaction is to aggressively verbally defend their boss from any perceived slight sometimes without actually understanding the issue or even when it's not unambiguously an attack on their boss or their boss himself probably wouldn't care? (Something historical maybe or borrowing on a fictional character?)
catch-phrases
asked 4 hours ago
nznnzn
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Is there a catchphrase to describe a subordinate whose knee-jerk reaction is to aggressively verbally defend their boss from any perceived slight sometimes without actually understanding the issue or even when it's not unambiguously an attack on their boss or their boss himself probably wouldn't care? (Something historical maybe or borrowing on a fictional character?)
catch-phrases
catch-phrases
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In the US experience, the first thing that comes to mind is a sports analogy, the offense defending their quarterback.
– Fattie
4 hours ago
"Jeeves" (of the "Jeeves and Wooster" stories) might fit some scenarios.
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
Maybe "attack dog".
– James
51 mins ago
add a comment |
In the US experience, the first thing that comes to mind is a sports analogy, the offense defending their quarterback.
– Fattie
4 hours ago
"Jeeves" (of the "Jeeves and Wooster" stories) might fit some scenarios.
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
Maybe "attack dog".
– James
51 mins ago
In the US experience, the first thing that comes to mind is a sports analogy, the offense defending their quarterback.
– Fattie
4 hours ago
In the US experience, the first thing that comes to mind is a sports analogy, the offense defending their quarterback.
– Fattie
4 hours ago
"Jeeves" (of the "Jeeves and Wooster" stories) might fit some scenarios.
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
"Jeeves" (of the "Jeeves and Wooster" stories) might fit some scenarios.
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
Maybe "attack dog".
– James
51 mins ago
Maybe "attack dog".
– James
51 mins ago
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Your question and descriptions would suggest that "lackey" is quite fitting. There are a variety of context dependent synonyms that also might be used.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/lackey
https://www.freethesaurus.com/lackey
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“Brown-noser” and “suck-up” come to mind, but they are quite rude. And they require hyphens, which I don’t really appreciate. Can someone come up with a more neutral term, preferably non-hyphenated?
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A phrase that is often used of such situations is blind loyalty.
Her blind loyalty to the Dean makes reasonable discussion of these issues nearly impossible.
It doesn't necessarily involve aggressive verbal defense, but could.
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In the interest of using "something historical", let me exhort you to join the good fight to reclaim the original sense of Chauvinism:
Borrowed from French chauvinisme (“idealistic devotion to Napoleon”), named for Nicolas Chauvin, a legendary and excessively patriotic soldier of the French First Republic. The figure of Chauvin became especially famous as a character in the play La Cocarde Tricolore by the Cogniard brothers.
(Also, tangentially, I feel compelled to mention that I don't think "catchphrase" really applies here, but regardless.)
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Your question and descriptions would suggest that "lackey" is quite fitting. There are a variety of context dependent synonyms that also might be used.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/lackey
https://www.freethesaurus.com/lackey
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Your question and descriptions would suggest that "lackey" is quite fitting. There are a variety of context dependent synonyms that also might be used.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/lackey
https://www.freethesaurus.com/lackey
answered 3 hours ago
user22542user22542
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Your question and descriptions would suggest that "lackey" is quite fitting. There are a variety of context dependent synonyms that also might be used.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/lackey
https://www.freethesaurus.com/lackey
answered 3 hours ago
user22542user22542
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Your question and descriptions would suggest that "lackey" is quite fitting. There are a variety of context dependent synonyms that also might be used.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/lackey
https://www.freethesaurus.com/lackey
answered 3 hours ago
user22542user22542
2,54539
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“Brown-noser” and “suck-up” come to mind, but they are quite rude. And they require hyphens, which I don’t really appreciate. Can someone come up with a more neutral term, preferably non-hyphenated?
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“Brown-noser” and “suck-up” come to mind, but they are quite rude. And they require hyphens, which I don’t really appreciate. Can someone come up with a more neutral term, preferably non-hyphenated?
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“Brown-noser” and “suck-up” come to mind, but they are quite rude. And they require hyphens, which I don’t really appreciate. Can someone come up with a more neutral term, preferably non-hyphenated?
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“Brown-noser” and “suck-up” come to mind, but they are quite rude. And they require hyphens, which I don’t really appreciate. Can someone come up with a more neutral term, preferably non-hyphenated?
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A phrase that is often used of such situations is blind loyalty.
Her blind loyalty to the Dean makes reasonable discussion of these issues nearly impossible.
It doesn't necessarily involve aggressive verbal defense, but could.
answered 4 hours ago
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A phrase that is often used of such situations is blind loyalty.
Her blind loyalty to the Dean makes reasonable discussion of these issues nearly impossible.
It doesn't necessarily involve aggressive verbal defense, but could.
answered 4 hours ago
TRomanoTRomano
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A phrase that is often used of such situations is blind loyalty.
Her blind loyalty to the Dean makes reasonable discussion of these issues nearly impossible.
It doesn't necessarily involve aggressive verbal defense, but could.
answered 4 hours ago
TRomanoTRomano
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A phrase that is often used of such situations is blind loyalty.
Her blind loyalty to the Dean makes reasonable discussion of these issues nearly impossible.
It doesn't necessarily involve aggressive verbal defense, but could.
answered 4 hours ago
TRomanoTRomano
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In the interest of using "something historical", let me exhort you to join the good fight to reclaim the original sense of Chauvinism:
Borrowed from French chauvinisme (“idealistic devotion to Napoleon”), named for Nicolas Chauvin, a legendary and excessively patriotic soldier of the French First Republic. The figure of Chauvin became especially famous as a character in the play La Cocarde Tricolore by the Cogniard brothers.
(Also, tangentially, I feel compelled to mention that I don't think "catchphrase" really applies here, but regardless.)
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In the interest of using "something historical", let me exhort you to join the good fight to reclaim the original sense of Chauvinism:
Borrowed from French chauvinisme (“idealistic devotion to Napoleon”), named for Nicolas Chauvin, a legendary and excessively patriotic soldier of the French First Republic. The figure of Chauvin became especially famous as a character in the play La Cocarde Tricolore by the Cogniard brothers.
(Also, tangentially, I feel compelled to mention that I don't think "catchphrase" really applies here, but regardless.)
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In the interest of using "something historical", let me exhort you to join the good fight to reclaim the original sense of Chauvinism:
Borrowed from French chauvinisme (“idealistic devotion to Napoleon”), named for Nicolas Chauvin, a legendary and excessively patriotic soldier of the French First Republic. The figure of Chauvin became especially famous as a character in the play La Cocarde Tricolore by the Cogniard brothers.
(Also, tangentially, I feel compelled to mention that I don't think "catchphrase" really applies here, but regardless.)
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In the interest of using "something historical", let me exhort you to join the good fight to reclaim the original sense of Chauvinism:
Borrowed from French chauvinisme (“idealistic devotion to Napoleon”), named for Nicolas Chauvin, a legendary and excessively patriotic soldier of the French First Republic. The figure of Chauvin became especially famous as a character in the play La Cocarde Tricolore by the Cogniard brothers.
(Also, tangentially, I feel compelled to mention that I don't think "catchphrase" really applies here, but regardless.)
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In the US experience, the first thing that comes to mind is a sports analogy, the offense defending their quarterback.
– Fattie
4 hours ago
"Jeeves" (of the "Jeeves and Wooster" stories) might fit some scenarios.
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
Maybe "attack dog".
– James
51 mins ago