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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Smugnescenti

"Good evening. It’s a reflection of Pep Guardiola’s domestic dominance that today’s visit to Leicester is his first league match against the defending champions since 2 May 2009. Barcelona won 6-2 at Real Madrid that day, all but securing the first of Guardiola’s six league titles in Spain and Germany. The seventh may not come as easily as the smugnescenti assumed when he moved to Manchester" (From the Guardian's sport report.)

Who is "smugnescenti"?
  

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It is a made-up word, a blend of "smug" and "cognoscenti", combining the meanings of both words. )

— GPY

  • It is a made-up word, a blend of "smug" and "cognoscenti", combining the meanings of both words.
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It is a made-up word, a blend of "smug" and "cognoscenti", combining the meanings of both words. (However, it seems to be misspelled, and should presumably be "smugnoscenti".)
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Thank you, GPY, for the reply.
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