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| − | For when "smug" just won't cut it, and you need a really descriptive word for someone just ''dripping'' with a tangible, sickeningly oily overinflated sense of self-worth who is hoping for the adulation of the masses, break out "smarm," and variations thereof. Mostly used on chiselled hero-types, like John Sheirdan from ''Babylon 5''. | + | For when "smug" just won't cut it, and you need a really descriptive word for someone just ''dripping'' with a tangible, sickeningly oily overinflated sense of self-worth who is hoping for the adulation of the masses, break out "smarm," and variations thereof. Mostly used on chiselled hero-types, like John Sheirdan from ''Babylon 5'' or [[Shatner]], lotharios and erstwhile authority figures. |
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From The Concise Oxford Dictionary, 1966 Edition:
smarmy, adj. Unctuously ingratiating, fulsome. [from smarm, variation of dialect smalm, to smooth down (as with grease)]
For when "smug" just won't cut it, and you need a really descriptive word for someone just dripping with a tangible, sickeningly oily overinflated sense of self-worth who is hoping for the adulation of the masses, break out "smarm," and variations thereof. Mostly used on chiselled hero-types, like John Sheirdan from Babylon 5 or Shatner, lotharios and erstwhile authority figures.
See also: Smug Mode
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