Definition

1. Verb:
   • To obsequiously flatter, to toady, to brown-nose: The vulgar term "bợ đít" describes the act of excessively and servilely praising or ingratiating oneself with someone, especially a superior, to gain favor or advantage. It implies a lack of sincerity and self-respect.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ta chỉ biết bợ đít sếp để được thăng chức. (He only knows how to brown-nose the boss to get a promotion.)
  • Tôi ghét thái độ bợ đít cấp trên của đồng nghiệp mình. (I hate my colleague's attitude of obsequiously flattering the superiors.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is considered vulgar and offensive. It is used in informal, critical, or contemptuous contexts to strongly condemn sycophantic behavior.
• The action described is seen as shameless and undignified.

Variants and Related Words

• Nịnh hót / Nịnh nọt (verb): To flatter, to adulate. These are more common and slightly less vulgar synonyms, though still negative.
• Xu nịnh (verb): To fawn upon, to curry favor. A formal term for servile flattery.
• Kẻ bợ đít / Kẻ nịnh hót (noun): A sycophant, a bootlicker, a brown-noser.

Synonyms

• Nịnh hót: to flatter obsequiously.
• Xu nịnh: to fawn, to toady.
• Liếm gót (idiomatic): to lick someone's boots (a similarly vulgar idiom).

Related Idioms

• Bợ đít, bợ đùi: An extended, even more vulgar phrase emphasizing servile flattery of someone in power ("to flatter the buttocks and thighs"). It underscores the complete lack of scruples.
  • Hắn ta thành công nhờ biệt tài bợ đít, bợ đùi. (He succeeded thanks to his special talent for shameless bootlicking.)