lapdoggery

English

Etymology

From lapdog +‎ -ery.

Noun

lapdoggery (uncountable)

1. Behavior or activity characteristic of a lapdog, such as idleness or submission.
   • 1979, The Fiddlehead‎^[1], page 78:

     "They do eat up one's time — " she checks herself again, checks her lapdog's struggles against lapdoggery, and interviewers, and dubious, childless relationships […]

   • 2002, Robin McKinley, Spindle's End‎^[2], →ISBN, page 208:

     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 […]

   • 2010, Ysabeau S. Wilce, Flora's Dare‎^[3], →ISBN, page 454:

     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.

Translations

type of behavior

• Finnish: sylikoiramaisuus