by odeon May 13, 2005
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boy one: who do you think Donald Trump is more likely to hire at the end his show The Apprentice, is it someone who is school-smart and possibly Ivy League educated, or someone who has more street-smarts?
boy two: Dunno. we'll have to watch until the end of this current season of The Apprentice and find out.
boy two: Dunno. we'll have to watch until the end of this current season of The Apprentice and find out.
by Uncle Dimma July 27, 2012
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all the education, business savvy, know how and skills that the person outside outside of the official education system and outside the family setting.
boy one: who do you think Donald Trump is more likely to hire at the end his show The Apprentice, is it someone who is school-smart and possibly Ivy League educated, or someone who has more street-smarts?
boy two: dunno. we'll have to watch until of this season of The Apprentice and find out.
boy two: dunno. we'll have to watch until of this season of The Apprentice and find out.
by Uncle Dimma May 19, 2012
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Street wise,
Haters couldn't see me with three eyes,
If I was muslim I would be on the coners,
Hustlin' bean pies,
I used to be the youngboy,
Rocking the fila's,
Now the ice on my wrist so bright I can see God.
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Street wise,
Haters couldn't see me with three eyes,
If I was muslim I would be on the coners,
Hustlin' bean pies,
I used to be the youngboy,
Rocking the fila's,
Now the ice on my wrist so bright I can see God.
"Click the link in my bio"
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by JSIZZLEMONEYBACON March 8, 2022
Get the street smart, street wise mug.A person who has alot of common sense and knows what's going on in the world. This person knows what every type of person has to deal with daily and understands all groups of people and how to act around them. This person also knows all the current shit going on in the streets and the ghetto and everywhere else and knows how to make his own right decisions, knows how to deal with different situations and has his own independant state of mind. A street smart person isn't stubborn and actually listens to shit and understands shit.
by Da ReAlisT October 5, 2005
Get the street smart mug.The general definition of street smart is someone who is intelligent, has good common sense, knows how to handle bad situations, and has the skills necessary to function where they live (usually the ghetto or the streets). However, the term is usually used to contrast and compare with another term known as "book smart".
The stereotype of a street smart person is someone who is intelligent and knows how to handle important situations in the streets but is not as well-educated academically. However, the stereotype of a book smart person is someone who is upper-class and well educated but less knowledgeable when it comes to handling important situations faced in bad neighborhoods and lower-class city areas.
The more extreme and negative stereotypes are that street smart people are unintelligent and incapable of achieving a higher education, while book smart people are naive, easily manipulated, and have bad judgment in bad situations.
Both stereotypes aren't always true and any semblance of them are only due to different lifestyles and experiences.
The stereotype of a street smart person is someone who is intelligent and knows how to handle important situations in the streets but is not as well-educated academically. However, the stereotype of a book smart person is someone who is upper-class and well educated but less knowledgeable when it comes to handling important situations faced in bad neighborhoods and lower-class city areas.
The more extreme and negative stereotypes are that street smart people are unintelligent and incapable of achieving a higher education, while book smart people are naive, easily manipulated, and have bad judgment in bad situations.
Both stereotypes aren't always true and any semblance of them are only due to different lifestyles and experiences.
Josh: Are you sure me and Jason will get along? Jason is street smart and I'm book smart. We will probably be very different from each other.
Mike: Nah, don't worry. Jason may be street smart but he is also book smart. I'm sure you two will have a lot in common.
Mike: Nah, don't worry. Jason may be street smart but he is also book smart. I'm sure you two will have a lot in common.
by street smart & book smart girl July 15, 2010
Get the street smart mug.A person who is wise to the ways of both the streets and to the general ways of how to read situations, street smart people tend to be predominantly from larger cities but not exculusively so, they often can use these skills in business and in social settings,
a street smart person tends to understand others have their own interests 1st and yours second, while a non street smart will take things at face value a street smart will ask what does this person have to gin by lieing to me,
by derbytilson August 27, 2015
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