Verboticism: Smartycants

'What's that stupid sound?'

DEFINITION: v. To talk to yourself in a high-pitched, squeaky voice while performing complex mental gymnastics.n. The sounds a person makes when they are trying to think.

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Smartycants

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: smart - ee - kants

Sentence: When Edward Eisen started thinking, we heard the unique and often soprano pitched sounds of his smartycants emerging from the quiet of the classroom, library or whatever room he happened to be using for his study.

Etymology: smarty, cants (musical singing sounds,the jargon of a particular class or subgroup), play on "smarty pants)

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Comments: Smartycants

mrskellyscl - 2009-08-24: 07:46:00
Tee hee! Bravo Cantore!

Nosila - 2009-08-24: 20:57:00
cants for the memories...