Modern usage should be an insult. Just add "literally." Original meaning from the 1800s: clever or intelligent. First said by Long John Silver, a pirate (an occupation known for excellent grammar?) in "Treasure Island." But how smart is paint, really?
If your target researches the phrase, dictionariies only have the original, complimentary definition --- which becomes a sneaky insult if you add "literally."
If your target researches the phrase, dictionariies only have the original, complimentary definition --- which becomes a sneaky insult if you add "literally."
You're as smart as paint, literally. Don't be offended. I was just paraphrasing a compliment from "Treasure Island." It's a literary classic.
by Albino Raven August 25, 2023
Get the Smart as paintmug. When someone mainly in prison anally rapes some one and gets poop and blood all over its penis so they smear their penis on the wall like a paint brush know as paint the wall.
by ScatPackWallPainter June 17, 2025
Get the Paint the wallmug. by Furphobic November 23, 2023
Get the Tribal Face Paintmug. by Timothyjbrick April 12, 2019
Get the painting the postmug. Ate cheese that tastes like the smell of the cheese section of Stop & Shop if it were food? Eat PAINT!
by Stiky glue March 16, 2022
Get the Paintmug. To kill yourself.
by aka.zadari November 12, 2023
Get the Paint the skymug. by anonymous May 10, 2022
Get the Hard in the paintmug.