# whats the definition

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-definition/91083>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 2, 2001, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-definition/91083 "2001-11-02T06:15:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![ScottHaneda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@ScottHaneda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottHaneda)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-definition/91083/1 "2001-11-02T06:15:43Z")

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A persons eagerness to share knowledge in a subconscious attempt to feel supperior.

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**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-definition/91083/2 "2001-11-02T06:24:37Z")

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SDMB member

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-definition/91083/3 "2001-11-02T06:30:36Z")

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supperior ???

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**Author:** ![ScottHaneda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@ScottHaneda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottHaneda)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-definition/91083/4 "2001-11-02T06:33:01Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Squink \*  
> \*\*supperior ??? \*\*

\<b\>Squink\</b\>, do you subconsciously feel superior?

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-definition/91083/5 "2001-11-02T06:41:42Z")

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Thanks, you made it conscious there for a moment 😃

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**Author:** ![Gaspode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gaspode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaspode)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-definition/91083/6 "2001-11-02T06:42:33Z")

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Insufferable smart-arse?

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**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-definition/91083/7 "2001-11-02T10:11:40Z")

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> \*Originally posted by ScottHaneda \*  
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> > \*Originally posted by Squink \*  
> > \*\*supperior ??? \*\*
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> \<b\>Squink\</b\>, do you subconsciously feel superior? \*\*

**Squink** , ya mean.

[sub]oh i feel soooooo superior…[/sub] 😃

_d&r_

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-definition/91083/8 "2001-11-02T14:34:04Z")

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WARNING: Thesaurus Storm!! Proceed with caution. 😃

[http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/thesaurus](http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/thesaurus)

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> Entry Word: know-it-all  
> Synonyms SMART ALECK, \*smartass, smarty, smarty-pants, wiseacre, wisecracker, wise guy, wisehead, wisenheimer

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> Entry Word: smart aleck  
> Synonyms know-it-all, \*smartass, smarty, smarty-pants, wiseacre, wisecracker, wise guy, wisehead, wisenheimer  
> Related Word blowhard, boaster, braggadocio, braggart, gasbag, windbag; exhibitionist, grandstander, show-off  
> Idioms hot-air artist

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> Entry Word: insufferable  
> Synonyms insupportable, intolerable, unbearable, unbrookable, unendurable, unsufferable, unsupportable  
> Related Word distressing, painful; unacceptable

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> Entry Word: pushy  
> Synonyms AGGRESSIVE, assertive, assertory, militant, pushful, pushing, self-assertive  
> Synonyms PRESUMPTUOUS, brash, forward, overweening, presuming, pushful, self-asserting, self-assertive, uppish, uppity

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> Entry Word: aggressive  
> Synonyms assertive, assertory, militant, pushful, pushing, pushy, self-assertive  
> Related Word belligerent, combative, contentious, scrappy; domineering, imperious, masterful, tough; energetic, hard-hitting, strenuous, vigorous

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> Entry Word: presumptuous  
> Synonyms brash, brassbound, confident, forward, gay, overconfident, overweening, presuming, pushful, pushing, ||pushy, self-asserting, self-assertive, uppish, uppity  
> Related Word pretentious, self-assured, self-conceited; lofty, pompous, supercilious; complacent, self-satisfied, smug; inexcusable, outrageous  
> Idioms too big for one’s britches

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