Smartassery

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Noun
  1. 1
    The behaviour of a smartass. informal, uncountable

    "'Is that the best you can do with all your big-talk smartassery? Aspirin?' Harold stuffed his hands into his pockets and looked at her miserably, accepting the rebuke."

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"'Is that the best you can do with all your big-talk smartassery? Aspirin?' Harold stuffed his hands into his pockets and looked at her miserably, accepting the rebuke."

Etymology

From smartass + -ery.

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