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Two modern examples that still fit the theme: 'suck-up' and 'kiss-ass'.

• Someone 4y ago
  Those aren’t nouns, are they? It is that a gap in my English?
  • kelseyfrog 4y ago
    "The kiss-ass raised his hand in class." "The suck-up couldn't stop giving praise." It looks like they operate like nouns to me.
  • __derek__ 4y ago
    They're nouns in American English, at least.