smoothshark

verb.

The act of deliberately frustrating and subtly mocking an arrogant person who is obsessed with seeming intelligent, by repeatedly and unwaveringly defending an absurd position, despite the oblivious target's increasingly desperate attempts to prove you wrong and show themselves as "smart".

Named for the infamous "sharks are smooth" twitter/tumblr argument.

The principle and the process of smoothsharking was perhaps first described by raptorific on tumblr, although the name was coined by others.

That pompous smart alec doesn't realized he's being smoothsharked.

smoothshark by A_Really_Big_Cat September 13, 2020

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Smoothshark

The act of intentionally saying incorrect information in order to bait someone into correcting you and then insisting on your incorrect statement in order to bully them because they "always have to be right" and because they didn't realize they were being baited.
May or may not result in misinformation being spread as well as an autistic person not understanding why you're laughing at them.

Person 1: Hey, man! Did you know that the Earth is flat?
Person 2: No it isn't. It was proven a long time ago that-
Person 1: No you're wrong. The Earth is flat.
Person 2: The Earth isn't flat, it's-
Person 1: Haha, get a load of this guy! He thought I was serious!
Person 3: Don't mind him. That was a Smoothshark statement. He thinks it's funny to bait people into correcting him so he can act like he's above everybody.

Smoothshark by Conrad Liquorboi December 27, 2023

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