Wiseassery

Quick meaning: Wiseassery is a noun meaning (vulgar) The act of being a wiseass; smartassery.

Meaning

(vulgar) The act of being a wiseass; smartassery.

Example Sentences

Holloway has been a key cast member from the very start, lighting up the small screen with his charming wise-assery from the J.J. Abrams-directed pilot onward.

But these boys grew up to become two of "the usual gang of idiots" — the stable of artists for Mad magazine, who turned teenage wiseassery into an art form and an institution, and eventually turned all America into one big high school cafeteria.

It's been more than two years since Guardians of the Galaxy got moviegoers hooked on Marvel's gang of wily space-explorers—and if the first full trailer for 2017's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is any indication, you can expect even Gamora action, adventure, and interstellar wise-assery the second time around.

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