being a dicklick
- idiom
- Offensive
:
ser un lameculo
- Stop being a dicklick and tell your boss how you really feel.
Examples
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He's always being a dicklick around important people, hoping to get promoted.
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People get tired of you being a dicklick instead of speaking your mind.
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Stop being a dicklick to your boss!
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Why are you being a dicklick to everyone?
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He's always being a dicklick in meetings, trying to impress the manager.
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Instead of being a dicklick, you should express your true opinions to make a difference.
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No one appreciates being a dicklick; it’s better to be honest and straightforward.
Synonyms
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9.2
To behave very obediently to please a person in power
3
9.4
Behave too politely and humbly to please someone
1
9.1
Flatter and obey someone in power to get their favor
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7.3
Pretending to be friendly to make someone like you
1
8.7
To praise or obey someone in power to get their support
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9.9
To act too obediently to someone in power
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7.4
Acting too eager to please and obey someone, often seeming weak
Acting too friendly and praising people in power to get favors
To do too much to please someone you like to get their attention or approval
Antonyms
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3.0
Freedom from control by others, for example when a country is free or a person supports themselves
How Submissive
- Offensive
3
8.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
being + a + dicklick
The key lexical piece 'dicklick' is a crude, culture-specific slang compound (not a standard lexical item) whose derogatory meaning (‘sycophant’/‘bootlicker’) is not transparently derivable from the grammatical words 'being' + 'a'. Even if a learner knows 'being' and 'a', they would not predict the idiomatic, sexualized insult without prior exposure; this is an idiosyncratic, non-compositional slang formation and thus opaque to B1 learners.
Etymology
Being a dicklick comes from a rude image of someone licking a person to show extreme praise and to please them. So it is used to say someone acts very eager to please or 'to gain approval' from someone in charge.