smarm
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| —vb (often foll by down) (when intr, | |
| 1. | to flatten (the hair, etc) with cream or grease |
| 2. | to ingratiate oneself (with) |
| —n | |
| 3. | obsequious flattery |
| [C19: of unknown origin] | |
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Smarm
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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