ARRANGING FOR THE CONTROL TACTICS INSTRUCTOR COURSE. The basic entry level instructors course is ten (10) days in length, usually from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., but times can be modified if necessary. Classes are conducted on Monday through Friday for two weeks with the weekend off.
Etymologists believe that quippy derived from the Latin quippe, a word meaning indeed or to be sure that was often used ironically. The earliest sense of quip, referring to a cutting or sarcastic remark, was common for approximately a century after it first appeared in print in 1532.
In elementary school we knew him/her as a brownnoser or an apple polisher. As an adult you might choose a less euphemistic term: Weingartenâs suckup, or sycophant, toady, lackey, or now that you know what it means â a lickspittle. The Free Dictionary calls a lickspittle a flattering or servile person. Servile â of or befitting a slave â captures the idea of someone bowing and scraping to the master. The subordinate who feels the need to flatter his/her superiors is in a form of bondage just as much as a slave is.