Words at Play : Seen & Heard: Nine Conflicts and One Compliment
Definition:
: an obnoxiously conceited and self-assertive person with pretensions to smartness or cleverness
Seen & Heard:
"Someone called me a wiseacre and looking up the definition lead me to 'smart aleck.' Now I'm disappointed because I thought it meant they thought I was intelligent." – Robert Martin
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