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a smart alec
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a smart alec/aleck  (informal)
someone who is always trying to seem more clever than everyone else in a way that is annoying Some smart alec in the audience kept making witty remarks during my talk.
See also: smart
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ÒThey liked how I looked in a number of pairs of tight yellow shorts,Ó said Dolyniuk, a smart aleck to the core who once joked heÕd like to start his own theater troupe and call it ÒJerk du Soleil.
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One can oppose something without talking or writing as a smart aleck.
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