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To: Kaslin
Obama - the smartest black man to ever be elected to the presidency.

And the fifth best president ever:


10 posted on 01/26/2014 1:10:44 PM PST by Iron Munro ("Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences." - Robert Louis Stevenson)
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To: Iron Munro

“Smart” is one of those terms that has several different meanings.

In the common idiom, “smart” is sometimes wrongly used as s synonym for “intelligent” or “learned”.

More often, “smart” refers to a very keen eye for dress and mannerisms, presenting a polished and highly developed sense of appropriateness for the occasion, especially in a formal setting, and is immediately noted by all the connoisseurs in the room.

“Smart” may also refer to the sharpness of pain from an injury that abrades or opens a cut on the skin, but not necessarily a deep injury, only one that triggers a lot of undesirable sensations and possibly an outcry.

And sometimes “smart” is reserved for the wise-guy response, the arrogant braggery that goes with an overly inflated ego, the worked up quick retort, that sometimes leads to a fat lip or black eye.

Pick the one that applies to this particular situation.


27 posted on 01/26/2014 1:36:00 PM PST by alloysteel (Obamacare - Death and Taxes now available online. One-stop shopping at its best!)
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