People who falsely inflate the Ego of others by telling them what they want to hear?
This is not a troll, or a snide attack on anyone here. I really don't know, and 20mins googling got me nothing.
Thanks in advance
SB
Sycophants ??
Fluffer.
Tit..?
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Though "fluffer" may sometimes be applicable 
[url= http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sycophant ]Sycophant[/url] which shouldn't be confused with elephant. Top tip, you can get 4 sycophants into a mini, but you can't really get 4 elephants into a mini- it's just a joke!
@uplink - thanks. That's what I thought it was, but when I googled to check I wasn't so sure.
@cranberry - I'll go and google that now.
That's a fantastic question!
Flannelers
Yes-men
Sycophants
Flatterers
I'm fairly sure brown nosers covers it..
Lol! Nearly spat my coffee on my keyboard when I read the wikipedia for Fluffer!!!! 😉
Well I never knew that! Very good that.
kissars
Polar bear?
toys19 - MemberI'm fairly sure brown nosers covers it.
OK, so how would you explain 'brown noser' to a non-native English speaker?
tromboning?
Blowing smoke up your ass!!