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From: Enrico C <enrico.c@spamcop.net>
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Subject: Re: [Idioms #13] Too big for your boots
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 13:13:25 +0100
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Enrico C | alt.languages.english
in <news:13qlht2s770ua$.dlg@news.lillathedog.net>
> (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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Enrico C
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