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too smart by half

To be "too smart by half" (also common is "too clever by half") is to be too smart for one's own good, meant either literally or ironically. As an idiom, it is usually sarcastic. The phrase has a wide range of potential uses; for instance, it can mean:

1.) Something so complex that it's self-obfuscating.
2.) A seemingly clever action that is in fact foolish.
3.) Logically accepting something as necessary that isn't.
4.) Overanalysis.
5.) Elitism (see ivory tower).
--"Those Harvard scholars are too smart by half."

--"What a dumb idea; I tell you, that guy is too smart by half."
by GBAAD May 3, 2006
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smack the pony

Vicky: I'm so frustrated!
Rachel: Go smack the pony...
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smash a homie

the act of engaging in intercourse with your man's homie
In the reality show, "For the Love of Ray-J", one contestant competing for Ray-J's love, sleeps with one of his homies, hence the phrase smash a homie
by lil smasher March 6, 2010
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Gaijin Smash

A technique used by foreigners, or gaijin, in Japan in order to impose their will on the japanese.
"he upgraded himself to a first-class seat by using the Gaijin Smash"
by Hellome January 9, 2006
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Smart Patrol

One or more individuals who REALLY control Urban Dictionary. Possessing special powers of judgement above and beyond those delegated to UD "editors."
Someone upstairs didn't like my Urban Dictionary submission.
The SMART PATROL <<CANCELLED>> my definition before it was even reviewed by UD editors !?! ........... NO SHIT !!

I'm SO misillusioned and rejectified !!
by Chengo Bolemongo October 5, 2006
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smarlen

A bottom feeding fish who is to lazy to swim with both fins and just lays on the bottom of the ocean going in circles.
That guy is really being a smarlen today.
by Dupper March 27, 2009
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Smashing Smellies

" Dude, Tom and Sue were smashing smellies all night long"

"I hadn't showered in three days man, she still came over......and ya, we still smashed smellies."

"I sure would like to smash her smelly"
by theonewhoknows2010 February 4, 2010
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