Definitions
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- noun One who makes a show of liking another person with
profuse orexcessive displays ofcamaraderie , such as vigorous hand clasping, back-slapping, hearty words of greeting, etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who demonstrates enthusiastic or excessive cordiality
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Examples
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With the possible exception of Crist, it would be hard to find a southern governor who is not a woolhat wingnut professional backslapper.
Matthew Yglesias » Phil Bredesen Joins Forces With Dixie Wingnuts to Stick it to the Unemployed 2009
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Another industry backslapper with music content that would not even grace an elevator. yet another plot to keep our airwaves free of rock and roll.
Brit awards 2011: Take That win best British group 21 years after their debut 2011
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February 24th, 2009 at 3: 23 pm it would be hard to find a southern governor who is not a woolhat wingnut professional backslapper.
Matthew Yglesias » Phil Bredesen Joins Forces With Dixie Wingnuts to Stick it to the Unemployed 2009
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I wondered what he would think about having me as his backslapper.
She’s So Dead to Us Kieran Scott 2010
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Over the weekend Annie had helped me land a job at CVS, where she worked, and I would spend my entire first paycheck on Jake if it would prove to Faith and the rest of them that I could still be a good backslapper.
She’s So Dead to Us Kieran Scott 2010
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Barbour, the Southern backslapper and former lobbyist who has been governor of Mississippi since 2005, has allies everywhere, especially in the South.
GOP 2012 2010
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He's not a backslapper, and some of his problems in Aspen may come from a lingering homophobia aimed in his general direction.
Michael Conniff: Con Games: The Good Guy Finally Wins At Aspen Music Fest 2010
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Maybe whoever was your backslapper last year slapped more than your back, but I was just doing my job.
She’s So Dead to Us Kieran Scott 2010
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The word on him, as this Politico story says, is that he's "a serious wonk," which makes him a counterpoint to John Boehner, "a backslapper who loves golf and socializes with his friends."
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He's not a backslapper, and some of his problems in Aspen may come from a lingering homophobia aimed in his general direction.
Michael Conniff: Con Games: The Good Guy Finally Wins At Aspen Music Fest 2010
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