wiseass

wiseass
vb, n
American
(to behave as) a know-all, an irritatingly smug or insolent person. This vulgar version of 'wise-guy' has been heard since the early 20th century. (The word wise has flourished in American speech because of reinforcement from the syn-onymous Dutch wijs and the German weise.)

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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