Timeline for What is a word with a negative connotation that describes a person who talks as if he or she knows everything?
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| Feb 6, 2023 at 5:34 | comment | added | virolino | @bubbleking: "as if he knows" is the alternative way of saying "uncultured", "lacking information", or even downright "stupid". Please note that in this case, "alternative way" = "politically correct". You know, these days, being smart, or simply just a man (or just a woman, not identifying with anything), could actually be quite dangerous. | |
| Feb 5, 2023 at 14:18 | comment | added | bubbleking | @virolino - I don't see a connection with so-called political correctness. | |
| Feb 4, 2023 at 15:45 | answer | added | Astralbee | timeline score: 0 | |
| S Feb 3, 2023 at 21:00 | history | suggested | bubbleking | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
This title makes it more clear what is being asked, sounds less ESL, and removes the gendering, which, after reviewing the question, seems accidental and not important for the request. I also made minor edits to the body.
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| Feb 2, 2023 at 7:15 | comment | added | virolino | @Tom: just to clarify - "as if he knows" OR "he actually knows"? Because we might be dealing with two different words entirely. In the latter case, it might be "smart, but politically-incorrect" :) | |
| Feb 2, 2023 at 5:00 | answer | added | Spehro 'speff' Pefhany | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 1, 2023 at 21:22 | answer | added | Andrew Cowenhoven | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 1, 2023 at 20:31 | answer | added | Darrel Hoffman | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 1, 2023 at 17:29 | history | protected | J.R.♦ | ||
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| Feb 1, 2023 at 17:01 | comment | added | bubbleking | This is definitely not a "smart alec." Assuming the word doesn't need to be male specific, know-it-all is a good candidate. After reviewing the existing answers, I don't think you'll find a closer, more universally understood term for this in present day America than "know-it-all." It captures the obnoxiousness, and will be understood to have the tongue-in-cheek implication that the person doesn't actually know it all as often as they think they do. | |
| Feb 1, 2023 at 14:29 | answer | added | komodosp | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 1, 2023 at 9:52 | answer | added | Weather Vane | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 1, 2023 at 2:12 | vote | accept | Tom | ||
| Jan 31, 2023 at 22:38 | comment | added | Lambie | He's a know-it-all. Someone removed my joke. Too bad. :) | |
| Jan 31, 2023 at 22:35 | answer | added | Giaco Carletta | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 31, 2023 at 20:16 | comment | added | raddevus | Isn't this the new term, Mansplaining? | |
| Jan 31, 2023 at 19:11 | answer | added | David Siegel | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 31, 2023 at 11:17 | answer | added | Akshay Alok | timeline score: 1 | |
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| Jan 31, 2023 at 8:11 | comment | added | mcalex | For me 'smart-alec' is ascribed to someone impudent (and cheeky as BobRodes says), not arrogant and belittling. It's for the person who finds the loophole, or the short-cut for doing something that they weren't expected to do. One word (that hasn't been suggested yet) that fits your question is 'cocksure'. | |
| Jan 30, 2023 at 23:13 | comment | added | computercarguy | It's not exactly a phrase to describe the person directly, but this sounds like it's the Dunning–Kruger effect, where someone with little knowledge, experience, or real understanding of a topic speaks as if they are an expert in that topic. | |
| Jan 30, 2023 at 21:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglishLL/status/1620164979243589635 | ||
| Jan 30, 2023 at 19:37 | answer | added | MTA | timeline score: 4 | |
| S Jan 30, 2023 at 19:24 | history | edited | Glorfindel♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S Jan 30, 2023 at 19:24 | history | suggested | Giacomo1968 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 30, 2023 at 18:43 | answer | added | Giacomo1968 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 30, 2023 at 16:54 | answer | added | user167784 | timeline score: 11 | |
| Jan 30, 2023 at 15:36 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Jan 30, 2023 at 15:31 | answer | added | user166967 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 30, 2023 at 5:04 | answer | added | Peter | timeline score: 15 | |
| Jan 30, 2023 at 5:03 | answer | added | Elainor | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jan 30, 2023 at 4:58 | answer | added | BobRodes | timeline score: 45 | |
| Jan 30, 2023 at 4:35 | history | asked | Tom | CC BY-SA 4.0 |