smart, sensible

[Laurence Horn]

On May 23, 2012, at 1:39 AM, Indigo Som wrote:

> If I may trouble y'all for your thoughts... where did the common pair "smart, sensible" come from, &/or why does it sound like it must have originated somewhere specific (like an ad campaign)? Smart & sensible separately would seem to be almost interchangeable to most people, but together they sound to me like an evocation of, hmm... down-to-earth, old-fashioned common sense.
>
> Related, I think: short, sensible haircut.

Also smart(,) sensible shoes.

LH

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