--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > So I ask again: Were you suggesting Bevan is insincere > > > > > > > in his apparent devotion to MMY? > > > > > > > > > > > > Well, to be completely honest, the thought never > > > > > > crossed my mind. But now that you bring it up, > > > > > > my personal experience with Bevan was that he was > > > > > > insincere in *all* of his interactions with other > > > > > > human beings, so I consider it possible that this > > > > > > trend extends to Maharishi. > > > > > > > > > > But this has nothing whatsoever to do with being > > > > > a toady. One can be quite sincere in one's sucking > > > > > up and still be a toady. > > > > > > > > Not by the definition you gave. > > > > > > Did you put your underpants on upside down or > > > something today, Lawson? You seem more antagon- > > > istic than usual. Here is the definition I posted, > > > straight from Merriam-Webster. Could you please > > > point out to me any language in it about either > > > sincerity or insincerity? > > > > > > > > > Main Entry: toady > > > > > > Pronunciation: 'tO-dE > > > > > > Function: noun > > > > > > Inflected Form(s): plural toad·ies > > > > > > Etymology: by shortening & alteration from toadeater > > > > > > : one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors > > > > > > synonym : SYCOPHANT -- a servile self-seeking flatterer > > > > > > synonym : PARASITE -- one who clings to a person of > > > > > > wealth, power, or influence or is useless to society > > > > The definition and the first synonym both very > > strongly imply insincerity. The second at least > > suggests it. > > Then again, many things seem to "imply" weird > stuff to you. :-) > > Neither the word nor the definition implied > insincerity to me. Toady is as toady *does*. > It's about behavior, not the sincerity of > the behavior.
Nice try, no cigar. The definition itself characterizes the behavior in terms of motivations. "In the hope of gaining" and "Self-seeking" are both phrases describing motivations, not behavior. And in both cases those motivations are contrary to what the *behavior* suggests--i.e., admiration of the person being flattered. > Your mileage may (and probably > will) vary. Such is life. You can define "toady" however you like. I'm pointing out that the definition you supplied implies (in the sense of "necessary consequence") that the behavior is insincere. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
