I hate the more or less exclusively.online thing
Where the opposite of sycophancy is considered to be trolling.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 8:56, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Fuck off Bert

(Bazongaloid, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 8:59, Reply)

That's my first FOB.
I feel warm and moist inside.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 9:06, Reply)

Fuck off Bert's sister

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 9:08, Reply)

LONG LOST HALF SISTER.
Which of course makes it all perfectly normal.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 9:11, Reply)

I cannot believe you posted this. You are worse than Hitler.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 9:00, Reply)

Yeah well if you can't do any better then don't say anything at all.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 9:09, Reply)

sycophant |ˈsikəfənt; -ˌfant|
noun
a person who acts obsequiously toward someone in order to gain advantage; a servile flatterer.
DERIVATIVES
sycophancy |-fənsē; -ˌfansē| noun
sycophantic |ˌsikəˈfantik| adjective
sycophantically |ˌsikəˈfantik(ə)lē| adverb
ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (denoting an informer): from French sycophante, or via Latin from Greek sukophantēs ‘informer,’ from sukon ‘fig’ + phainein ‘to show’ ; the association with informing against the illegal exportation of figs from ancient Athens (recorded by Plutarch) is not substantiated.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 9:20, Reply)

Just, you know, 'cus I doubt I'm the only one.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 9:21, Reply)

In Ancient Athens
'sycophants' were professional informers who grassed people up for 'undemocratic activity', they were the bane of the later democratic period.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 9:27, Reply)

Your face is the bane of the later democratic period.

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 9:30, Reply)

No, his mum was the bane of the late democratic period.

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 9:34, Reply)

If you study the texts of the time, it's quite clear that
His mum's face was the bane of the late democratic period.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 9:36, Reply)

Contradicting yourself in politics?
You are Nick Clegg AICMFP
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 9:43, Reply)

'later' and 'late'
Can describe two different democratic periods.
*Politicians, and takes back the fiver, plus tax and expenses*
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 9:49, Reply)

Damnation.
I will say though, aside from those protests being fuck all use, they did provide me with one good laugh - this kid was genius
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 9:54, Reply)