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OP Does anyone know the word scarmy and what it means? Can't find it anywhere, but perhaps I have spelled it incorrectly.
the Urban Dictionary has an entry for scarm, of some dubiety and a negative response; to wit,
scarm 3 up, 4 down
Noun; filth or waste.
Adj form (scarmy); describing how dirty or filthy a person or object is.
"That room is nothin but scarm"
"I feel scarmy - I need a showa"
perhaps the word you want is smarmy?!
of an equally negative connote is Smarmy a wordy I still here bandied around these parts.
psst.. olly. did you read my post entire? or are you just piling on.
ha... missed the last line.
Which brings to mind Snarmy
Originally Posted By: olly
Which brings to mind Snarmy
Interesting. To save y'all the trouble, here is the Urban Dictionary entry on snarmy:Originally Posted By: UrbDic1. EShuff
one who points out things publicly as to point out their authority on non-issues.
So when you said "I think that term 'facon' has been around for a while. A vegetarian said it to me about 2 years ago." you were totally being an EShuff.
Just to say that the word scarmy certainly exists in NE English dialect and means dirty,I use it especially when describing dirty windows 'this glass is a bit scarmy'. (My family have always used it so it is at least 60 years old). Did a search for scarmy and found nothing but when did a search for 'scarmy window' found this - http://www.garymcmahon.com/2011/02/i-saw-her-that-one-time.html ...and found it is from a book by a NE author!
this thread is beginning to look a bit smarmy - and it's gone pear-shaped to boot:
1) Eshuff under snarnie is some sort of UD erratum; it has its own entry (under E, where you'd expect it).
2) if you google snarny, many of the 6000+ gh are just typos for smarmy (e.g., a snarmy smile on their face), although there are also
a) a suggestion that it is a blend of smarmy and snarky {like}
b) a misguided attempt to relate it to every other word that starts out snar* (see http://www.click4everything.com/db/snarmy.html)
as to scarmy, I don't know what that's got to do with the price of snarls in Albuquerque, but if you follow the link, you'll see that the proffered usage is from a five(5) paragraph blog entry and not from "a book by a NE author" at all. [sorry, just being snarmy!]
-joe bfstkplk, ye olde curmdudgeon
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