[Ads-l] Euphemism?

Parish, James jparish at SIUE.EDU
Sat Oct 12 20:16:36 UTC 2019


It occurred to me today to wonder whether "smartypants" is just a 
euphemized version of "smartass". Is there any data for or against?

Jim Parish


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