My apologies, your royal highness. Let me rephrase:
Would you have any Grey Poupon?
Smart ass.
Just remember: Everyone likes a little ass but nobody likes a little smart-ass.
As a lifelong smartass, I find the idea highly sneer-worthy that smartasses would ever “unite” long enough to do anything.
Hey, I know some guys that like larger asses, not just little asses.
Almost as authoritative as Wikipedia — except for fucking up a Shakespeare quote. (Go ahead and Google. You’ll enjoy it.)
It looks like a case of arson.
Somebody here has been arsin’ around.
/stolen from Wallace & Gromit
Mandelbaum! Mandelbaum! Mandelbaum!
Common usage would denote that is does not necessarily follow proper English.
I like the “Almost as authoritative” part. That is setting the bar properly low. 
My Google skills have failed me; I couldn’t find the link you hinted at.
Uncle Leo?
Or as a mathematical smart ass would say,"Mandelbrot! Mandelbrot! Mandelbrot!
Comments on my size are unnecessary.
I don’t get it. Does that mean I’m out?
Now we’re going all one-wordish. :mad:
American Heritage and Cambridge both hyphenate. I see Cambridge uses “smart-arse.”
I don’t mind spelling it out. The link you gave had a mangled Shakespeare “quote” that it used to illustrate how common the expression allegedly is. Problem is, it never appears in Romeo and Juliet as cited — or any other Shakespeare play — not even close. Google will give you the play, where you can search for key phrases to find out what expression was actually used.
Your cite had this to say:
Used in the Shakespearen play “Romeo and Juliet”:
Montague: So you say you are better than me?
Capulet: In fact, I do.
Montague: You lie!The play actually goes like this:
ABRAHAM
Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?
SAMPSON
I do bite my thumb, sir.
ABRAHAM
Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?
SAMPSON
[Aside to GREGORY] Is the law of our side, if I say
ay?
GREGORY
No.
SAMPSON
No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you, sir, but I
bite my thumb, sir.
GREGORY
Do you quarrel, sir?
ABRAHAM
Quarrel sir! no, sir.
SAMPSON
If you do, sir, I am for you: I serve as good a man as you.
ABRAHAM
No better.
SAMPSON
Well, sir.
GREGORY
Say ‘better:’ here comes one of my master’s kinsmen.
SAMPSON
Yes, better, sir.
ABRAHAM
You lie.
Your source sucks.
Yes it does stink, I am surprised someone created a cite there. I cannot access the UD from here, so I just copied the link from Google without reading it.
Thank you for the details, I find the UD useful for slang and catch phrases, nothing serious.
I am now curious if the contributer on the UD saw some modern take on Romeo and Juliet.
Jim
And what of the wise acres?
Will no one think of them?
You wise asses always thinking you’re so much better than everyone.
Typical!
The play actually goes like this:
ABRAHAM
You got some sort of problem motherfucker?
SAMPSON
Yo momma got some problem!
ABRAHAM
Lemme ask you again, you got some sort of problem motherfucker?
SAMPSON
[Aside to GREGORY] You got my back if this motherfucker starts some shit?
GREGORY
Hell no.
SAMPSON
Well then I got a problem, but it ain’t with your bitch ass.
GREGORY
Don’t go starting no shit.
ABRAHAM
I ain’t startin shit!
SAMPSON
Best not motherfucker, you ain’t shit anyway. I know motherfuckers better than you.
ABRAHAM
You ain’t know shit.
SAMPSON
Shut the fuck up.
GREGORY
Look here, here come one of them better motherfuckers now.
SAMPSON
Oh yeah, that be a real badass motherfucker.
ABRAHAM
You talking shit again!
Never heard of the Algonquin Roundtable? Tch.
Don’t forget the Perfect Master.