Is Smarty pants an insult?
“Smarty-pants” (usually hyphenated) is a singular noun (but plural in form) is a person who talks, behaves and/or pretends as if he/she is smart and/or who knows everything. In other words, a smart aleck or a “know-all” (‘know-it-all’). Roughly equivalent to a poseur. It’s a negative sense.
What does calling someone Smarty pants mean?
smart aleck
Definition of smarty-pants informal. : smart aleck, know-it-all “If you give people the impression you’re a smarty-pants, that’s no good for sure.”—
What is another word for smarty pants?
In this page you can discover 11 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for smarty-pants, like: wisecracker, witling, saucebox, know-it-all, smart aleck, smarty, wise guy, malapert, wisenheimer, good and wiseacre.
Where does the phrase smarty pants come from?
The origin of the term “Smarty Pants” derives from “smarty,” which first surfaced in a California magazine in 1861–“Juvenile smarties are interesting even to a vagabond” was the name of the story. The term “smarty” was also used in Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain in 1876.
Can you call someone a smarty?
In AE, “smarty pants” can be used by and towards both men and women with no distinction. It is a name you call someone when they are acting or speaking in a sarcastic manner.
What is Mr Smarty pants?
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows is a weekly humor/trivia column by R.U. Steinberg that has appeared weekly in The Austin Chronicle since September 1988.
What is a saucebox?
Definition of saucebox : a saucy impudent person.
What is a wisecracker?
Definition of wisecrack (Entry 1 of 2) : a clever or sarcastic remark. wisecrack. verb.
What is Mr Smarty Pants?
What’s the plural of smarty pants?
smarty-pants ​Definitions and Synonyms
| singular | smarty-pants |
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| plural | smarty-pants |