Definition
A group of two or more people, in a workplace or other social environment, who routinely express considerable esteem and support for one another, sometimes to the point of exaggeration or pretense.
In Context
- "Those two are incessantly flattering one another. They've formed an utterly nauseating mutual admiration society!"
- "And the said members did accordingly resolve themselves into a little "mutual admiration society" for the entertainment and benefit of their visitors."
- "The note is from a special friend of yours; indeed I think you form a little mutual-admiration society."
- "Vandeloup smiled at this, and came to the conclusion that the Wopples family was a mutual admiration society."
- "If you don't want a mutual admiration society, which dies as soon as you've all discovered each other's faults, you must nobble the Press."
- "Joe DiMaggio and Willie Mays had a mutual admiration society and the Clipper was happy to put his respect into writing."
Also Said As
- circle jerk
- echo chamber
- filter bubble
- hugbox