kiss-up

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kiss-up

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Deverbal from kiss up.

noun kiss-ups

colloquial One who flatters a supervisor, or superior, in order to get special attention Joe got that promotion because he was a kiss-up, not because he knew the job.

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@misc{kiss_up_2026,
  title = {kiss-up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kiss-up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}