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Letter "S" » smirk
«One is a young, pockmarked wiseacre with a smirk that won't quit, the other an aging but still gorgeous leading man with a sense of humor that won't start.»
«OLYMPIAN, adj. Relating to a mountain in Thessaly, once inhabited by gods, now a repository of yellowing newspapers, beer bottles and mutilated sardine cans, attesting the presence of the tourist and his appetite.His name the smirking tourist scrawls Upon Minerva's temple walls, Where thundered once Olympian Zeus, And marks his appetite's abuse. --Averil Joop»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
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Zeus
«There are only two styles of portrait painting, the serious and the smirk»
«If you want to be the most popular person in your class, whenever the professor pauses in his lecture, just let out a big snort and say, 'How do you figger that!' real loud. Then lean back and sort of smirk.»
Author: Jack Handy
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The Professor
«A constant smirk upon the face, and a whiffing activity of the body, are strong indications of futility.»