smarm

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

smarms

1.
(countable, uncountable)Smarmy language or behavior.
2.
(countable, slang, uncountable)(fandom slang) A style of fan fiction in which characters are warm and caring toward each other but without sexual overtones.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

smarms

V_ing/Gerund

smarming

V_ed/pp

smarmed

1.
(intransitive)To fawn, to be unctuous.
2.
(transitive)To address in a fawning and unctuous manner.

Nguồn gốc từ

The noun is attested since 1914, from the colloquial verb smalm, smarm (to smear, bedaub (hair, with pomade)), attested since 1847, of unknown origin, perhaps somehow suggestive of the action. Verbal meaning "to smear with flattery" is from 1902.