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smarm
[ smahrm ]
smarm
/ smɑːm /
verb
- troften foll bydown to flatten (the hair, etc) with cream or grease
- whenintr, foll by up to to ingratiate oneself (with)
noun
- obsequious flattery
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of smarm1
C19: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences
Maybe it’s the exhausting smarm, the squirrelly ambition, the hollow theatrics.
From Washington Post
Jimmy Fallon's uncontainable glee is a welcome respite from late night's usual smarm and snark, but that's Fallon's thing.
From The Daily Beast
For such searing, challenging dreams, we have only snark or smarm.
From The Daily Beast
It is wrong to make sex appear as if it were part of the dear-darling-love smarm: the spiritual love.
From Project Gutenberg
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