"smart off" and another metaphorical "north of" on NBC news

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Fri Sep 5 11:08:28 UTC 2014


On Sep 5, 2014, at 6:38 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> You can "wise off" too, but only if you're smart enough.
> 
> JL

And then there are the rear-action agentives: "wise-ass", "smart-ass".  

LH

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