smarmy

• “Can I noninate George Will for a Nobel prize in smarmy?”

  Think Progress » George Will mocks Krugman’s Nobel Prize: It’s ‘in economics, not in practical Washington wisdom.’

• “KATZ: Well, we look at folks part of the felt family and the word smarmy comes into play.”

  CNN Transcript Jun 2, 2005

• “Nice to meet you," he said in a voice that recalled the smarmy tone of Eddie Haskell complimenting June Cleaver on her fetching outfit.”

  Fictionaut: My Drifter Doppelganger

• “He is best known as the smarmy Psychologist in “Silence of the Lambs.””

  An Acting Lesson That Teaches You to Write Well

• “Actually, Hannity always looks a little smarmy, which is one reason he's so irritating, but this is fine.”

  Hot Air » Top Picks

• “Citing a "smarmy" letter that Washington wrote in 1757, bemoaning his lot to the commander in chief, Lord Loudoun, Mr. Clary highlights some especially outspoken, self-pitying and "whining" comments.”

  The Wall Street Journal: War in the Wilderness

• “I did not want to do this and it makes me feel kind of smarmy but you leave me no choice.”

  Clinton: My Dad Taught Me How To Shoot

• “This kind of smarmy O-bomb-A cheerleading bullshit needs to be called out every time it appears.”

  Hillary Ad: Change Comes With Experience

• “Of course it is needless to say this was dressed up with faux-creative writing skills, accompanied by the kind of smarmy posturing and ad hominems that so frequently characterizes the attacks from “the left”.”

  2009 April 22 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous

• “He was kind of smarmy and snotty in his response when he said "That's an impressive pledge, Joe...seeing as you have so much on the line... and you'll have such an opportunity to fulfill that pledge".”

  Archive 2009-09-01

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