Smarm was the name given to a particularly heavy and cloying hair grease worn by Indian men in the nineteenth century.
Thus a "smarmy" person is cloying, over-ingratiating, oleaginous ("oily"), close, and over-familiar.
Thus a "smarmy" person is cloying, over-ingratiating, oleaginous ("oily"), close, and over-familiar.
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"Who was that man who pretended to know you so well?"
"Oh, Kenneth. Ignore him. He confuses charm with smarm."
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"Who was that man who pretended to know you so well?"
"Oh, Kenneth. Ignore him. He confuses charm with smarm."
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by al-in-chgo March 25, 2010
Get the Smarmmug. by :D January 12, 2005
Get the smarmmug. by Aderyn W. June 10, 2011
Get the Smarmmug. You can tell this fanfic is smarmy. The heroine's family, best friend, and three cats just died in the first chapter.
by kathy September 30, 2003
Get the smarmmug. 'Did you just smarm me?'
'I just smarmed that girl. She wasn't happy.'
A smarm is usually employed when someone has told you something that they believe is interesting. You can show your disdain for this person by smarming them.
'I just smarmed that girl. She wasn't happy.'
A smarm is usually employed when someone has told you something that they believe is interesting. You can show your disdain for this person by smarming them.
by riceandpea January 27, 2010
Get the Smarmmug. by goodenglish December 08, 2011
Get the Smarmmug. A coagulate of smooth and warm. Much like the German word gemuetlichkeit smarm has no specific definition. The closest denotation would be that warm feeling at the bottom of your heart and the tingling sensation in your brain when you reminisce about your childhood or a moment of enlightenment.
by Tedd Smotherton December 09, 2008
Get the Smarmmug.