arslikhan

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noun

Overt flattery, especially in print.

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Meanings

nounarslikhan (uncountable)
  1. UKslanguncountableOvert flattery, especially in print.

    As this passage suggests, Masters is a graduate of the Arslikhan school of biography.

    1996, Francis Wheen, Lord Gnome's Literary Companion, Verso, →ISBN, page 226
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    The constituency's large Jewish population is in open revolt over the Foreign Secretary's Arafat arslikhan.

    1981, Private Eye

    We'll have a couple of after-dinner speeches – I'll say a few words, interspersing a couple of jokes with a vote of arslikhan thanks for their business, and then introduce our guest speaker.

    2012, David Croydon, The Unprincipled, Hilltop Publishing Ltd, →ISBN

Origin

Alteration of arse-licking. Coined by Private Eye.

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APA

arslikhan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arslikhan

MLA

“arslikhan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arslikhan. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arslikhan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arslikhan.

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