Smirt

//smɜː(ɹ)t// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To chat up or flirt with (someone) while smoking outside a pub. Ireland, UK, intransitive

    "Smirting - a cross between smoking and flirting - is already a huge hit in Dublin where the ban has been in place for two years"

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"Smirting - a cross between smoking and flirting - is already a huge hit in Dublin where the ban has been in place for two years"

Etymology

Blend of smoke + flirt. Apparently coined in Ireland following the ban on smoking in pubs.

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