Dedmann's definitions

riley

to question a politician or public official with self-abasing, deferential sycophancy.

(used transitive and intransitively)

Named after Australian reporter, Mark Riley, who fawns sickenly over the Australian Prime Minister, thus rileying her.

The alleged journalists fell over themselves to riley the Prime Minister but Mark Riley outdid them all when he rileyed her at length.

by Dedmann July 15, 2011