wisenheimer
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /ˈwaɪz(ə)nˌhaɪməɹ/
wisenheimer (plural wisenheimers)
- (chiefly, US, informal, mildly humorous) A self-assertive and arrogant person; a know-it-all or smart aleck.
- Synonyms: wise guy, smart aleck, Thesaurus:know-it-all
- 2010, J. Bolton-Fasman, "Debating Salvation: A smart aleck finds his niche" The Jerusalem Post 11/11/2010 On-line ↗, accessed November 13, 2010 (quotations are from Wisenheimer: A Childhood Subject to Debate by Mark Oppenheimer (Hardcover - Apr 13, 2010)):
- "It wasn’t until I read Mark Oppenheimer’s charming memoir that I had an apt description of my son: “…a smart aleck is a smart guy gone bad, a boy whose smartness is being used stupidly, while a wisenheimer actually lacks wisdom. He might not be cruel, he might not mean harm, but a wisenheimer is a smart guy you wish had a little less smarts.”
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