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Email:
Dr. Elbert Ainstein,
Dear sir I have read everything you ever wrote. blah blah.. Your paper on so..more blah... I wish to study at your esteemed blahblahb....
Yours Sincerely,
Beststud Youlleverhave

Dr. Elbert Ainstein is a professor and Beststud Youlleverhave is a student. Students often write mails to profs before admissions(to get admissions). I have been to a University's webpage. It said we encourage Professor ________ing.

I can't remember what that word was. What is it? What is the word for this thing?

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The question is closed, but I suspect the word might have been COURTING. "To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one's self with." – Ed Guiness May 16 '11 at 20:24
What was the name of the university? You may be able to uncover the page again by doing a site-specific Google search with a quoted search term, i.e. site:someuniversity.edu "we encourage professor" – Chrisbloom7 Jul 11 '11 at 19:45

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It sounds like you are looking for the term 'brown-nosing.'

This is a synonym for 'sucking up to' or 'kissing ass.'

The purpose of such actions would be to gain the favor of a professor in order to influence their decision to admit you into their program.

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I wish I knew a good source to link to. Any help would be greatly appreciated. – jjnguy May 16 '11 at 19:23
"hey stop bringing the teacher apples every day y' brown nose!!" – user8568 May 16 '11 at 19:28
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The general word could be "contacting"; a more specific word for what you are doing is "cold-calling". The concept of aid or assistance via a person is known as a "reference" which could have an associated "referencing".

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No. It was something else. – Pratik Deoghare May 16 '11 at 18:38
Was it supplicating? – Ben Hocking May 16 '11 at 18:44
No. It was really cool word and probably began with "B". Damn! – Pratik Deoghare May 16 '11 at 18:50
Maybe "vetting"? – KitFox♦ May 16 '11 at 19:34

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