Definitions
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- noun The property of being
smarmy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun smug self-serving earnestness
Etymologies
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Examples
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There's a kind of smarminess about Gramm that I find distasteful.
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I never said that smarminess and snarkiness are Jewish traits, not anything close.
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You, therefore, made a connection between snarkiness/smarminess and Jewishness.
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Epluribus, I never said that smarminess and snarkiness are Jewish traits, not anything close.
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I also made no connection to smarminess/snakiness with any ethnic group.
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I never said that smarminess and snarkiness are Jewish traits, not anything close.
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I also made no connection to smarminess/snakiness with any ethnic group.
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You, therefore, made a connection between snarkiness/smarminess and Jewishness.
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But I'm getting to know a lot more about the devious smarminess of her opponents.
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If he could master that Carolina drawl and Edwards 'affable smarminess, maybe he'd even earn another Academy Award nomination.
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