The sneering desperation in his voice is familiar, a relic of smart-alecky emo. |
Born in 1972, he seems to me like a smart-alecky adolescent who thinks youth and parental praise will last forever. |
And Mr. Morris, now with long dreadlocks, small and wary, smart-alecky and comical, kept control. |
See, we old fogies can be just as smart-alecky as the young whippersnappers! |
With patients, he displays none of Placebo Journal's smart-alecky tone. |
Still, better to get softheaded in Big Sur than smart-alecky in the Mary McCarthy set. |