English

Noun

smarm ‎(plural smarms)

1. smarmy language or behavior
   • 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:

     Phil Hartman, the voice and soul of McClure, was the king of making everything sounds cheerful and positive, no matter how grim. McClure was the personification of smarm. He alone could say, “Your children are missing. I know because I murdered them with my own hands!” and make it sound like good news.

Verb

smarm ‎(third-person singular simple present smarms, present participle smarming, simple past and past participle smarmed)

1. (intransitive) To fawn, to be unctuous.
   • 1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine

     He rose ... on his wife's fortune and judicious smarming of powerful people.

2. (transitive) To address in a fawning and unctuous manner.

Anagrams

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