According to a new study by EKOS, Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre is projected to lose his seat in parliament in Canada’s next federal election.
Both halves rhyme with cow. It’s a Chinese (iirc?) word used in most of the east Asia to refer to deep bows or prostration used as a sign of deep respect (or more often a deep apology in a modern context) but in the west it has much more of an insulting use to imply someone is an ass-kisser.
I’m not a native anglophone even though I’m pretty fluent. But I don’t know how to pronounce “kowtow”.
Does it sound like “cow-cow” or more like “cow-toe”?
I’m a native English speaker and I don’t know either.
Both halves rhyme with cow. It’s a Chinese (iirc?) word used in most of the east Asia to refer to deep bows or prostration used as a sign of deep respect (or more often a deep apology in a modern context) but in the west it has much more of an insulting use to imply someone is an ass-kisser.
Thanks for the great explanation! 🩷
Cow cow.
Thanks!