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tailwagger

tailwagger noun: a fawning or overzealous fan or supporter.

Noun

tailwagger (plural tailwaggers)

  1. (slang) A fawning or overzealous fan or supporter.
    • And you display in every word you write that you are a partisan tailwagger, more interested in party politics than the good of the nation.2002 December 19, Doug Bashford, “T-Shirt is a potential threat to bush”, in alt.politics.democrats.d (Usenet)
    • idiot big-government tailwagger bootlick. blow me little punk2003 October 30, Crash, “NEW! A big Fat LIST of BUSH LIES”, in alt.politics.liberalism (Usenet)

Forms of tailwagger

pluraltailwaggers

Origin of tailwagger

Compound of tail + wagger.

Questions about tailwagger

What does tailwagger mean?
Tailwagger means a fawning or overzealous fan or supporter.
What part of speech is tailwagger?
Tailwagger is a noun.
What is the plural of tailwagger?
The plural of tailwagger is tailwaggers.

Words near tailwagger in the dictionary

  1. Tailtiu
  2. Tailu
  3. Tailuge
  4. tailvein
  5. tailveins
  6. tailwagger
  7. tailwaggers
  8. tailwalk
  9. tailwalked
  10. tailwalking
  11. tailwalks

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