Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A worm with a tail like a tag.
- n. A hanger-on; a parasite; a sycophant; a dependent.
Wiktionary
- n. A worm with a conspicuously-coloured tail.
- n. An unwanted hanger-on.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A worm which has its tail conspicuously colored.
- n. A person who attaches himself to another against the will of the latter; a hanger-on.
Etymologies
- tag + tail (Wiktionary)
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Lists
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Gapeseeds and Muckworms - Compound De...
A list of compound derogatory names such as gapeseed, muckworm and lickspittle. Your one-word contributions to this list are welcome.
See sionnach's list derogatory terms I should use ...gapeseed, muckworm, lickspittle, makeweight, bootlicker, backscratcher, apple-polisher, backslapper, brownnoser, rakeshame, yesman, freeloader and 293 more...
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WF - nominal compounds (figurative)
An extensive list I have been working on for quite some time. Feel free to add more of the kind if you miss any.
brainstorming, upside, downside, goldplating, bikeshedding, mudslinging, downgrading, headhunter, streamlining, mainstreaming, gerrymandering, frontloading and 503 more...
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The Worm List
List of all things wormy.
hookworm, earworm, roundworm, corn earworm, bollworm, pinworm, whipworm, earthworm, heartworm, polychete, teredo, lugworm and 54 more...
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Flattery Will Get You Everywhere
sycophant, yes man, brown noser, adulator, courtier, flatterer, toady, flunky, parasite, fawner, lickspittle, heeler and 49 more...
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