[Ads-l] glib

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Fri Dec 14 19:22:35 UTC 2018


I've *always* believed that "glib" can mean 'smug,' but MW says I'm wrong.

Here's a good ex., however:

2014 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2267998/reviews?ref_=tt_urv :  Two movies
for the price of one.  That's a fairly glib start to a review of a movie
that I really liked, but it is true.

JL
-- 
"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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