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The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… wiseacre (noun) - : one who pretends to knowledge or cleverness Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Given the spelling and definition of wiseacre, you might guess that the word was formed directly from the familiar adjective wise. And you might be wise to think so—a wiseacre, after