Word: aleckism
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...real models of dozens of people and incidents in Mark Twain's books. Huck Finn was Tom Blankenship, the happy, shiftless son of a ne'er-do-well drunk. Sid Sawyer was modeled after Sam's own brother Henry. "Injun Joe," sometimes known as "Injun Aleck," was a drifter from Oklahoma who, according to rumor, had once "somehow lost his interest" in his mother, and hanged her. There really was a cave downriver from Hannibal, too, and Sam himself was once lost in it with a young lady...
...answer to these accusations Rafael Demos, Alfred Professor of Natural Religion, stated that Mills' opinion that the average professor's culture is typically narrow was "too general a statement; professors are of all kinds." He added that this was a "smart-aleck comment...
Leibowitz: "I warn you, Mr. Gross, all of this sarcasm and smart-aleck retort is going to cost you dearly...
What a commentary upon the American way of life, that this smart-aleck journalist can "make or break" (fortunately, only in Chicago) men & women of genius...
...such stunts, husky, 29-year-old Reporter Keasler, a war veteran who broke in on the Journal (circ. 248,791) only a year ago, has made himself the most talked-about newsman in Atlanta. As a self-made smart aleck he has not yet been shot at or even punched, but he has given Atlantans plenty of provocation...