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arslikhan

arslikhan noun: overt flattery, especially in print.

Noun

arslikhan (uncountable)

  1. (UK, slang) Overt flattery, especially in print.
    • The constituency's large Jewish population is in open revolt over the Foreign Secretary's Arafat arslikhan.1981, Private Eye
    • As this passage suggests, Masters is a graduate of the Arslikhan school of biography.1996, Francis Wheen, Lord Gnome's Literary Companion, Verso, →ISBN, page 226

Origin of arslikhan

Alteration of arse-licking. Coined by Private Eye.

Questions about arslikhan

What does arslikhan mean?
Arslikhan means overt flattery, especially in print.
What part of speech is arslikhan?
Arslikhan is a noun.

Words near arslikhan in the dictionary

  1. Arslanyan
  2. Arslanyans
  3. arsle
  4. arsled
  5. arsles
  6. arslikhan
  7. arsling
  8. arsmart
  9. arsmarts
  10. arsnicker
  11. arsnickers

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