SMART ALEC
NOUNS, PERSON
– ACT-ASS one who gives rude answers, a smart-alec …1970 Amer. dial.
– BACK-SASSER one who speaks rudely; a smart alec …1969 Amer. dial.
– FIB a smart alec or rude person …1968 Amer. dial.
– FIDDLE-BRITCHES a smart alec …1954 Amer. dial.
– FLY FLAT a smart alec, a know-it-all …c1910 Aust. sl.
– GUY a comical or joking fellow; hence, a smart alec …c1862 Amer. sl.
– JOKER a smart alec; a wiseacre …colloq.
– MR. SMARTY a smart alec …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– SMART APPLE a person who is or wishes to appear clever or knowledgeable, but is regarded as smug and annoying; a smart alec … 1940 US colloq.
– SMARTY a smart alec …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– WEISENHEIMER a know-all …1904 US sl., derogatory
– WISEACRE a smart aleck or an oaf …L19 colloq.
– WISE APPLE a person who is ostentatiously and smugly knowing; a smart alec …1896 US sl.
– WISE-ASS a know-all; a stupid oaf or smart aleck …1971 US sl., derogatory
– WISE GUY a know-all; a stupid oaf or smart aleck … 1896 sl., orig. US, derogatory
– WISEHEIMER a know-all; a smart alec …1904 US sl., derogatory
– WISENHEIMER a smart alec; a wise guy …1904 UK sl., derogatory