Friday’s worst errr Friday’s word JOLLIER

[t-bob]

noun
1. a person who talks or acts agreeably to someone, in order to keep that person in good humor, especially in the hope of gaining something.

Quotes
Certainly he would never dream that a "jollier" could become the leader of a great English political party.
-- Edward Porrit, "Paradoxes of Gladstone's Popularity," Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1909, 1911

The Jollier jollied Mr. Thompson up and down the sweet nerve of flattery in a manner truly artistic, then came away with a double half column ad.
-- J. Angus MacDonald, Successful Advertising: How to Accomplish It, 1902


Origin
The noun jollier, a derivative of the informal verb jolly “to talk or act agreeably in order to keep someone in good humor, especially in the hope of gaining something,” is an Americanism dating back to the end of the 19th century. If only there were fewer jolliers and “jollyees

[Dub]

Here Jollier is pictured (at the stern position) on a canoe trip with friends. He kept telling his novice friend never to stand up in a canoe but his friend never listened.

[billhammond]

They, too, were searching for a Taco John's.