A heightened feeling of bravado that is often (but not always) false or undeserved.
Ex 1 Joe Burrow was really smelling himself at the end of the 2019 college football season.

Ex2 Did you see the way Christine was walking around at the party like her shit didn’t stink? She was really smelling herself.
by jbarryd March 7, 2020
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when a young adolescent girl or boy starts to become rebellious
My son and I were discussing his curfew the other night, and he raised his voice at me for the very first time. I told my son that he needed to watch his tone with me because he's starting to smell himself and I don't play that.
by AlwaysSweet February 8, 2008
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