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Brown nosing = "Uncle Tom"

Posted by Christina Crans on July 20, 2005

I was sorry to see the description of brown nosing to read that it was rooting in "ass kissing" because I am sure it is more malicious. It is associated with Uncle Tom's Cabin and the sense of being a "N" or an "Uncle Tom"

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