Ah. [He chuckles. Being the son of an Altus house, social pariah or not, Dorian's been on the receiving end himself well enough. Hell, half the reason Dorian was a social pariah was refusing to do the same for his betters.]

You see, in Thedas we would simply call that, as you said, ass-kissing, or boot-licking if you'd like to avoid the vulgar parlance.