Word of the Day for Saturday September 25, 2004
wiseacre \WY-zay-kuhr\, noun:
One who pretends to knowledge or cleverness; a would-be wise
person; a smart aleck.
All across the United States, journalists and other
wiseacres would soon have a field day with the popular
mayor's personal problems and public trials.
--Herbert Mitgang, [1]Once Upon a Time in New York
A wiseacre on the Oakland to Los Angeles shuttle this week
said the next technological leap would be implanting cell
phones into people's heads. He was kidding -- we think.
--Chuck Raasch, "California is November prize for
candidates," [2]USA Today August 24, 2000
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Wiseacre comes from Middle Dutch wijssegger, "a soothsayer,"
from Old High German wissago, alteration of wizago, "a
prophet."
www.dictionary.com
wiseacre \WY-zay-kuhr\, noun:
One who pretends to knowledge or cleverness; a would-be wise
person; a smart aleck.
All across the United States, journalists and other
wiseacres would soon have a field day with the popular
mayor's personal problems and public trials.
--Herbert Mitgang, [1]Once Upon a Time in New York
A wiseacre on the Oakland to Los Angeles shuttle this week
said the next technological leap would be implanting cell
phones into people's heads. He was kidding -- we think.
--Chuck Raasch, "California is November prize for
candidates," [2]USA Today August 24, 2000
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Wiseacre comes from Middle Dutch wijssegger, "a soothsayer,"
from Old High German wissago, alteration of wizago, "a
prophet."
www.dictionary.com
