lapdoggery

English

Etymology

From lapdog +‎ -ery

Noun

lapdoggery (uncountable)

1. Behavior or activity characteristic of a lapdog, such as idleness or submission.
   • 1979, The Fiddlehead‎^[1], page 78:

     "They do eat up one's time — " she checks herself again, checks her lapdog's struggles against lapdoggery, and interviewers, and dubious, childless relationships […]

   • 2002, Robin McKinley, Spindle's End‎^[2], →ISBN, page 208:

     Throstle adored Rosie, who had rescued him in the last three months from a life of uninterrupted lapdoggery by bringing him on her stable rounds every morning […]

   • 2010, Ysabeau S. Wilce, Flora's Dare‎^[3], →ISBN, page 454:

     If Nini Mo were alive today, she would not stand by idly as Califa is sucked ever deeper into lapdoggery, as we bow our heads ever lower to the Birdie yoke.