smart aleck
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He’s a pint-sized smart aleck who cares deeply for Dunk.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026
I’m a kid that grew up in Hollywood, and I went to Baghdad wearing a Metallica shirt and I was a total smart aleck.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2025
“If he comes off as evasive, petulant and a smart aleck, this is going to be a killer in front of the court and the court of public opinion.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2020
I was never a troublemaker, but I was always a smart aleck.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2018
Her name was Mathona and she was a bit of a smart aleck.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
That may have been reflected later in his embrace of quarterback Billy Joe Hobert, described by Gastineau as “a smart-aleck country kid” and “riverboat gambler” but also an intense competitor who oozed confidence.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2021
This smart-aleck persona is something he’s trying on, and you just happen to the be the person he’s most comfortable being his most obnoxious self around.
From Slate ● Jan. 4, 2021
RuPaul plays a drag queen on a cross-country road trip with a smart-aleck tween in the new comedy series “AJ and the Queen.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2020
Mad was the smart-aleck spawn of the age of mass media, when everyone watched the same networks, flocked to the same movies and saluted the same flag.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2019
He was a sly, balding man in his early fifties who had a reputation for being kind of a smart-aleck.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
