According to another theory, “Smart Alec” is one of several names, such as Clever Dick, used as catchwords to describe people who are conceited, self-opinionated or ostentatiously and irritatingly knowledgeable. ❋ Rene Meertens (2010)
But; very high on the list of those that I loath with a passion, is that big headed, politically correct, self-opinionated, pseudo intellectual thinker Marcus Brigstocke. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Blog (n.): an online journal written by publicity-hungry politicians and self-opinionated journalist manqués, commenting on current political affairs with scant regard to fact or fairness, and accountable to nobody save their small band of obsessive readers. ❋ Stephen Tall (2007)
Says he should regress these against something else like the “increasing trend of self-opinionated verbiage” he produces. ❋ Unknown (2009)
On the surface I give them the “striking likeness,” as they call it, that they all stand and gape at in astonishment — [Lowers his voice] — but at bottom they are all respectable, pompous horse-faces, and self-opinionated donkey-muzzles, and lop-eared, low-browed dog-skulls, and fatted swine-snouts — and sometimes dull, brutal bull-fronts as well — — ❋ Unknown (2008)
Geikie also wrote the biography of his mentor, the arrogant, self-opinionated, and aggressively irascible Sir Roderick Impey Murchison. ❋ James Burke (2007)
Especially given the tendency for it to attract every self-opinionated know nothing and windbag seeking a platform for their stupidity. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Blog n.: an online journal written by publicity-hungry politicians and self-opinionated journalist manqués, commenting on current political affairs with scant regard to fact or fairness, and accountable to nobody save their small band of obsessive readers. ❋ Unknown (2007)
We were barely into our stale rolls and pan-fried octopus when in strolled a man with a short body on extremely long legs; he was thin and balding and everything about him said he was a self-opinionated fool. ❋ Davis, Lindsey (2005)
At one point, Auberon believed, his chairman was scheming to impose on him the dullest table possible within the bounds of decency—the most vulgar self-seeking members of the Magna Carta Circle, the ugliest titled lady with the largest overdraft, the most self-opinionated and verbose man of learning. ❋ Giles Waterfield (2004)
He was not submissive and cringing; and had he been so, Sir Gregory, to do him justice, would have been disgusted; but neither was he self-opinionated nor obstinate like Mr. Jobbles. ❋ Unknown (2004)
I have a colleague with me of whom I can only learn that he is not weak enough to be led, or wise enough to lead; who is so self-opinionated that he thinks he is to do the whole work himself, and yet so jealous that he fears I shall take the very bread out of his mouth. ❋ Unknown (2004)
She had become therefore somewhat querulous, and self-opinionated in her discussions with her friend. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Not one bit did I believe him; but I dared not contradict: doctors are so self-opinionated, so immovable in their dry, materialist views. ❋ Unknown (2003)
But although he believed in nothing he was not a morose or blase young man, nor self-opinionated, but on the contrary continually let himself be carried away. ❋ Unknown (2003)
