On Thursday, November 7, 2002 at 11:43:04 AM UTC, Ekkehard Dengler wrote:   
   > Hi everyone!   
   >    
   > Can anyone explain what the word "sloother" means? It appeared recently in   
   > the Irish Independent, but occurs practically nowhere on the Internet, so I   
   > suppose it must be an exclusive Irishism.   
   >    
   > Judging by the context (unsatisfactory answers given by a politician), I   
   > suspect it means something like "waffle" or "prevaricate", but I'm only   
   > guessing here.   
   >    
   > I'd also like to know whether "sloother" can be used both as a verb and as a   
   > noun and whether it's a regionalism or a common word in all of Ireland.   
   >    
   > By the way, don't acuse me of cross-posting; I admit that I tried to get   
   > alt.english.usage to answer this a few weeks ago, but sadly I haven't been   
   > able to elicit any response.   
   >    
   > Many thanks in advance.   
   >    
   > Ekkehard Dengler   
   > Germany   
      
   From the context I have heard it said at home I've come to associate it with   
   someone who would say or do anything to gain the affection of another. It'd be   
   best compared to the term "brown nose" or "kiss ass" and perhaps that's the   
   context it was being    
   used in in the article as we all know most politicians are sluthers! ;)   
      
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