lapdoggery en · NOUN
Etymology
From lapdog + -ery.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Behavior or activity characteristic of a lapdog, such as idleness or submission.
"They do eat up one's time — " she checks herself again, checks her lapdog's struggles against lapdoggery, and interviewers, and dubious, childless relationships […]
1979, The Fiddlehead, page 78:If Nini Mo were alive today, she would not stand by idly as Califa is sucked ever deeper into lapdoggery, as we bow our heads ever lower to the Birdie yoke.
2010, Ysabeau S. Wilce, Flora's Dare, →ISBN, page 454:Throstle adored Rosie, who had rescued him in the last three months from a life of uninterrupted lapdoggery by bringing him on her stable rounds every morning[…]
2002, Robin McKinley, Spindle's End, →ISBN, page 208:
Synonyms
Translations (1)
fi sylikoiramaisuus (type of behavior)