Enrico C | alt.languages.english
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> (weisenheimer = an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent
> comments)
Funny word, isn't it?
Merriam-Webster online says it's a variant of WISENHEIMER
and it comes from
wise + -enheimer
as in family names such as Guggenheimer, Oppenheimer
A synonym is "Smart Aleck", from Aleck, nickname for Alexander
"an obnoxiously conceited and self-assertive person with pretensions
to smartness or cleverness".
In short, not a nice guy ;))
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