smirt

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
8
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/smɜː(ɹ)t/

Definition of smirt

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (Ireland, UK, intransitive)To chat up or flirt with (someone) while smoking outside a pub.
    “Smirting - a cross between smoking and flirting - is already a huge hit in Dublin where the ban has been in place for two years”
    “I have dated three guys that I smirted with, and one of them is now my current boyfriend.”
    “Smirting is believed to have started in Temple Bar, Dublin, in 2004”
    “As a result, despite the ban, the smoking rate in Ireland has been stuck at around 28% and the expected decline in cigarette consumption never materialized. A new social practice quickly emerged called “smirting”, where young Dubliners smoke and flirt with members of the opposite sex”

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Etymology

Blend of smoke + flirt. Apparently coined in Ireland following the ban on smoking in pubs.

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