Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Informal A smart aleck.
Wiktionary
- n. A self-assertive and arrogant person; a know-it-all or smart aleck.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments
Etymologies
- wise1 + German -enheimer (in such surnames as Oppenheimer).
Examples
“Among the other numerous (at least one per page) lovable wisenheimer remarks is this definition: A nebbish doesn't know he's a nebbish ...”
The Huffington Post: David Finkle: Easy Reader: Howard Jacobson's Novel Takes the Prize
“Nowadays a journalist and a teacher at Yale University and still somewhat of a wisenheimer”
“While spending those lonely hours in jail I slowly realized that Gandhi had the right idea, which was to make a point quietly but forcefully, without the wisenheimer commentary.”
“McKay is a feminist who isn't shy about using that F-word, a wisenheimer who's done stand-up, a prima donna who fought her label to squeeze 23 new songs onto a CD instead of just 16.”
“We got a wisenheimer here, let's just keep rolling here.”
“Instead, let me demystify some conventional (no pun intended) wisdom that is mediating around the wisenheimer world of politics.”
“The next thing you know, some wisenheimer will show up and claim that because corporations are recognized as individuals by the Constitution, and have the same rights as a person, you could conceivably say that in the United States 5% own 80% of the land.”
“Three days with you-know-who ought to be just the thing to bring me back to my ole wisenheimer self.”
“He can be a little bit like, kind of like the Andover preppy wisenheimer he was in high school.”
“A wisenheimer apprentice wannabe flunks her Home Depot task.”
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