wazelina

See also: wazeliną

Polish

wazelina

Etymology

Borrowed from English vaseline. The colloquial meaning is an allusion to the idiom włazić w dupę (“to offer flattery, to seek favor;, literally: to go up someone's ass”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.zɛˈli.na/

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: wa‧ze‧li‧na

Noun

wazelina f

1. vaseline, petroleum jelly
2. (colloquial, derogatory) flattery (excessive praise)

   Synonym: lizusostwo

3. (colloquial, derogatory) bootlicker, brown noser, flatterer, sycophant

   Synonyms: cmokier, lizus, pochlebca, podlizuch, wazeliniarz

Declension

Declension of wazelina

	singular
nominative	wazelina
genitive	wazeliny
dative	wazelinie
accusative	wazelinę
instrumental	wazeliną
locative	wazelinie
vocative	wazelino

Derived terms

adjective

• wazelinowy

 

nouns

• wazeliniara
• wazeliniarz

 

verb

• wazelinować impf

 

Related terms

adjective

• wazeliniarski

 

noun

• wazeliniarstwo

 

Further reading

• wazelina in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• wazelina in Polish dictionaries at PWN