Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A fictional character, a blue pixie with white stocking cap, from the media franchise The Smurfs.
- v. banking To structure a deposit; to split a large financial transaction into smaller ones so as to avoid scrutiny.
Etymologies
- From De Smurfen, Dutch (Flemish) translation of Les Schtroumpfs (1958) by Pierre Culliford, in Le Journal de Spirou (Dutch: Robbedoes). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“For example, when a character says he's "up Smurf Creek without a paddle," the word "smurf" is either an adjective or proper noun.”
“Douglas Adams: “…award for the most gratuitous use of the word smurf in a serious screenplay.””
Cheeseburger Gothic » Barack Obama is tired of your motherfucking shit.
“Anonymous said ... paw-dancin 'smurf, Smurf-Blue Teva-Smurf, bracelet-making smurf, loose-neck smurf, searchin' for lost shaker of salt smurf ....”
“Investigators and computer-security experts aren't certain how the attacks were carried out, but the hackers likely used a variation of a so-called smurf assault like this: 1.”
“We were issued this massive pile of crap and given our first uniform, a navy blue sweatsuit, fondly known as the smurf suit on base.”
“It reminds me of the Smurfs, when they would insert "smurf" into normal words.”
“Heck ... even a list of quiz results telling me what kind of smurf I am, what lord of the rings character I most resemble or how aberrant I am, isnt completely out of question ...”
“A device called a step frequency microwave radiometer, or "smurf," measures wind speeds on the surface of the ocean.”
“When overused, they begin to take on the quality of the word "smurf" in those old Smurf cartoons, just all-purpose expressions that make the language less varied.”
“Muggle muggle muggle, I'm just going to keep saying it until it doesn't make sense anymore, and then I'm going to start using it like "smurf," because a word with no meaning can become a word with any meaning, am I right here people -- AM I RIGHT?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘smurf’.
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Fads
With bows of great respect to Connie Willis, author of "Bellwether" and other wonderful books.
Hula-Hoop, bungee-jumping, hair-bobbing, pogs, jitterbug, jogging, mesmerism, Ouija board, miniature golf, The Old Curiosity..., Harry Potter, line dancing and 271 more...
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Words that shouldn't be used on a fir...
probation, trekkie, wart, unemployed, fetish, suspended driver'..., felon, aerophagia, undies, debt collector, girlfriend, boyfriend and 272 more...
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Redundancing
The Moves. Do~do~ditty!
tango, bolero, cha cha, foxtrot, foxtantino, hip hop, hustle, jive, merengue, two step, paso doble, quickstep and 219 more...
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Smurf in Other Languages
In English, the little blue men (and Smurfette!) are "Smurfs" but they're known by other names around the world.
smurf, die schlümpfe, los pitufos, ştrumf, törpök, puffi, スマーフ, schtroumpf, smurffi, štrumf, smoper
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EEEEEUUUUU!!!! The cockpit of Europe.
Beer. "French" fries. Mussels. Chocolate. Waffles. Lace. Walloons.
Yes, of course - we're talking about Belgium. Just the other day, Samantha Brown was on the travel channel, boasting ...smurf, pieter breughel, georges simenon, maigret, eddy merckx, adolphe sax, hergé, tintin, leo baekeland, jacques brel, audrey hepburn, jean-claude van d... and 48 more...
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jagosaurus's favorites
Words I like mostly because of the way they sound and feel.
ticonderoga, petulance, snark, estimable, chickahominy, feline, gezellig, gneiss, shit, willy-nilly, shelter, coda and 366 more...
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Trademarks
"A trademark is any word, name, symbol, or design, or any combination thereof, used in commerce to identify and distinguish the goods of one manufacturer or seller from those of another and to indi...
Academy Award, Ace bandage, Acrilan, Addressograph, Alar, Alcian blue, Alclad, Aldis lamp, Ampakine, Amtrak, Amytal, Angostura bitters and 661 more...
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Fictional beasties
elf, gnome, dwarf, sprite, troll, fairy, nymph, imp, brownie, sasquatch, yeti, wookiee and 574 more...
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vinyl's Words
deliverator, finna, metric fuckton, fag, hyphy, ginormous, sacrilicious, fantabulous, macaca, n-word, pterodactyl, genious and 560 more...
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Speech Bubble
Words from Cartoons, Comics, and Kid Stuffs
zim, squee, irken, squeedily spooch, dib, gir, gaz, dinosaucers, mxyzptlk, wuzzle, snuffleupagus, duckman and 124 more...
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kevincooper's Words
prosopopeia, lisle, magisterial, zeitgeist, zeugma, bloviate, apocryphal, bon mot, cacophony, euphony, brigandier, micturition and 313 more...
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silly, silly words
besnotted, skedaddle, humdinger, pamplemousse, pantalones, underpants gnomes, underoos, herpes zoster, possums, meat slurry, sausage, peevish and 256 more...
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Czech_Hedgehog's Words
calyx, necrotic, aposematic, floccinauccinihil..., solitude, metanoia, katana, mediocre, trafalgar, eosinophil, deviant, the and 47 more...
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cbars420's Words
boob, wiener, monkey, dookie, anal, breast, tit, melon, student, teach, kitten, sex and 82 more...
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Vaguesswork
Things held by a weaselspeaker. (Katigans without the madeupicals.)
obfuscation, obtuse, apparatus, element, it, existence, information, point, substance, stuff, sometimes, person and 47 more...
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RedBetty's Words
seraphim, banal, undulating, cretin, pathos, gloaming, masquerade, iambic, coulrophobic, libertine, fuck, trepanation and 39 more...
Tweets
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carolinacc Yei! Trippy cartoons! Mar 6, 2009