Smarmy is a useful word, as anyone who has had to listen to an oleaginous colleague drone on in a department meeting can attest. Unlike most useful words, its origin can be traced to a particular ...

Smarmy Meaning and Definition: Imagine meeting a salesperson who smiles too much and gives you too many compliments. They ...

I’ve decided being “smarmy” is in. Well, maybe it’s always been in, but I’m slow to catch on to fads. When platform shoes were in during the 70s, I was wearing boots. When boots were in, I was wearing ...

Friends and regular readers occasionally ask me where I find the inspiration for my columns. It’s a fair question. After writing more than 2,100 columns during the past 16-plus years one would think ...

‘In the last few months, I have come across the word smarmy in my newpaper reading. My dictionary doesn’t list smarmy,” writes Ilva Marchi of Cromwell, Conn. Get a new dictionary. The word has been ...