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smug respectability

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  • smug´ness — smug «smuhg», adjective, smug|ger, smug|gest. 1. too pleased with one s own goodness, cleverness, respectability, or accomplishments; self satisfied; complacent: »Nothing disturbs the smug beliefs of some prim, narrow minded people …   Useful english dictionary

  • smug´ly — smug «smuhg», adjective, smug|ger, smug|gest. 1. too pleased with one s own goodness, cleverness, respectability, or accomplishments; self satisfied; complacent: »Nothing disturbs the smug beliefs of some prim, narrow minded people …   Useful english dictionary

  • Victor Lownes — Victor Aubrey Lownes III (born 17 April 1928, Buffalo, NY, USA). [ [http://aronoff.com/family/i0020220.htm The Genealogy of Richard L. Aronoff: LOWNES Family ] ] An executive with Playboy Enterprises in various capacities, various vice… …   Wikipedia

  • complacent — complacent, self complacent, self satisfied, smug, priggish are comparable when they mean feeling or showing satisfaction especially in one s own possessions, attainments, accomplishments, or virtues. Complacent implies that a feeling of pleasure …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Socialite Evenings — infobox Book | name = Socialite Evenings title orig = translator = image caption = author = Shobha De cover artist = country = India language = English series = genre = Novel publisher = Penguin Books release date = 1989 media type = Print… …   Wikipedia

  • List of atheists (authors) — Authors * Douglas Adams (1952 ndash;2001): British radio and television writer and novelist, author of The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy . [ I am a radical Atheist... Adams in an interview by American Atheists… …   Wikipedia

  • gigmania — The smug obsession with attaining middle class respectability …   Grandiloquent dictionary

  • Bab|bitt — «BAB iht», noun, verb. –n. an alloy of tin, antimony, copper, and sometimes lead, used especially in bearings to lessen friction; Babbitt metal. Babbitt is whitish in color and usually feels slippery, almost greasy, when it is rubbed. –v.t. to… …   Useful english dictionary

  • bab|bitt — «BAB iht», noun, verb. –n. an alloy of tin, antimony, copper, and sometimes lead, used especially in bearings to lessen friction; Babbitt metal. Babbitt is whitish in color and usually feels slippery, almost greasy, when it is rubbed. –v.t. to… …   Useful english dictionary

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