Talk:Smart

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When is someone going to write up what the meaning of 'smart' is in British English? You know, the original version of the English language. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.31.252.231 (talk) 18:41, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The entry:

• possessing quick-witted intelligence

Would not be included per

WP:DABNOT

It is not covered by

WP:DABMENTION

Nor as a synonym per

MOS:DABSY

Independent of whether it should be listed or not, if we did include, the style for inclusion is to have the ambiguous term at the start.

Why is this item repeatedly included by two accounts:

• User:Sherlock502 [1] [2]
• User:Batman194 [3]? Widefox; talk 11:36, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

S *smart M*measurable A*action-oriented R*realistic T*time-bound Witness shanty (talk) 14:40, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

What exactly do you want to achieve? Witness shanty (talk) 14:41, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It seems the word "smart" is used in completely 2 different and opposite meaning, depending upon countries or places or communities. Such as in some places or cultures; the word "Smart" means who avoid learning in depth, is excellent in deception, and have acceptable and attractive skills in body language and social norms to fit in society. They tend to include examples like stereotypical food delivery boys, call-girls, receptionists, advertisers, touts or their skills in any other professional fields. So in these cultural trends, a "smart student" means a student who have a huge social connections and can easily "manage" things like proxy-attendance or exam-cheating. In some other places or cultures the term "smart" means completely opposite. They use the term for a stereotype of who is geeky or nerdy, eccentric, socially awkward, having great insights, and have good mental skills as well as a great deal of invisible mental labour they prepare at isolation or solitude. The smart ones (of this second sense) expected to come up with "honesty is the best policy" type solutions, or in other words "the millenial" as in "intellectuals solve problem, millenials prevent them".

I have witnessed the both usage but I don't have any documentation on it. I request to introduce it as example of autoantonym if it is.

2405:204:4313:D858:55AE:1695:FFA7:219F (talk) 12:27, 24 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]