smarmy

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If some smarmy, anti-intellectual d-bag sports reporter comes along the next day and says, "stats are stupid, how can Utley be the best player when Miguel Cairo is in AAA with his veteranosity helping the Phillies 'Minor Leaguers learn how to play the game the right way: with grit and hustle and steely determination" - you can bet I'm gonna blog about it.

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  1. adjective Hypocritically, complacently, or effusively earnest; unctuous. See Synonyms at unctuous.
  2. adjective Sleek.

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  • Good ... he is a smarmy, prevaricating POS from jump street. —  First Read
  • Joe is just your average smug, smarmy, loud-mouthed repug; but come-on give Mika a break. —  Think Progress
  • He's more smarmy, for some reason he reminds me of Grant Robertson (the labour candidate for Wellington central), even though there's no much of a physical resemblance, and I've never met grant Robertson. —  Capitalism Bad; Tree Pretty
  • The smarmy, fact-challenged Sanjay Gupta withdrew from consideration for Surgeon General, the nation's top health care official, making it oh-for-two —  CounterPunch
  • I bet that's what you think of when you think about self-promotion: smarmy, selfish tactics that turn people off because they they bring no value. —  Remarkablogger
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