2007-02-21 11:47:36 · 8 answers · asked by xpxd 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It means you are an *** kisser. Brown nose from rubbing it in someone's bum.
2007-02-21 11:50:46 · answer #1 · answered by For my next trick... 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Brown-nose as a verb means 'to curry favor (from) in an ingratiating way; toady (to)'. The noun is brown-nose or brown-noser 'a toady; obsequious sycophant'.
The inspiration for this term is the idea that an obsequious sycophant would be willing to kiss the hindquarters of the person being toadied to. The brown is a reference to the excrement with which the nose of the flatterer would be covered.
Brown-nose noun and verb are both first attested in America in a military context in the late 1930s. However, parallel expressions are found centuries earlier. The common kiss (someone's) *** 'curry favor with someone in a degrading manner' is recorded in the mid-eighteenth century--in Smollett, no less--and ***-kisser is also found in the eighteenth century.
Despite the scatological inspiration of the term brown-nose, it is not considered to be very vulgar or offensive. Some people, unaware or unsure of its origin, don't consider it offensive at all, but at worst I would say that it is only mildly offensive. It is definitely slang, though, so may not be appropriate in many circumstances.
2007-02-21 11:54:37 · answer #2 · answered by lou53053 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL it means your a butt kisser. The brown spot is from sticking your nose up someones butt to kiss it.
Sorry thats about as straight forward as I can make it.
2007-02-21 11:51:44 · answer #3 · answered by cwcrash 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its calling someone a brown noser, which is a kiss-up. The brown is supposed to be poop from kissing someones butt.
2007-02-21 12:25:17 · answer #4 · answered by Kimi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means you have a speck of poop on your nose from kissing someones butt... trying to get on their good side.
2007-02-21 11:50:58 · answer #5 · answered by Chris C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are you a brown noser
you are a kiss up
are you kissing up to someone
2007-02-21 11:56:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means you are kissing ***.....and people can see that you are doing it....
2007-02-21 11:51:32 · answer #7 · answered by cesare214 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means you've been kissing someones ***
2007-02-21 11:52:54 · answer #8 · answered by ladyrider41 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋