Word: flatterer
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...shooting with a lot more arc today,"Nairus said. "My father saw me play at Hartfordand told me I was shooting flatter than he's everseen...
...Washington, at least, the easiest way to flatter someone is to say, "You must be very busy." (And the most disconcerting answer is, "No, not really.") It is today's ritualistic form of obeisance. It means, "You must be very important." We've come a long way in the century since Thorstein Veblen wrote about "conspicuous" or even "honorific leisure" as a way of displaying social status. "Gosh, you must have nothing at all to do all day," would not be considered a compliment...
...baby, how ya' doin'?" became threatening. Scary. Probably meant to flatter me, or just to have fun. Probably said with no bad intentions. Certainly said without a sense of how "Hey, baby," might make me feel--defenseless, frightened and vulnerable...