What’s wrong with being a ‘smarty pants’? | Brief letters

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I’ve noticed that when I find a rare long word in the Guardian’s online game Wordiply, I’m no longer cheerfully insulted as “smarty pants”, but offered an anaemic “congratulations”. The only reason I played was to be called smarty pants. Is it offensive in some way? Have there been complaints? If smarty pants has been ruled out, how about another cheerful playground insult: “clever clogs”? Go on, cheer...

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/aug/20/whats-wrong-with-being-a-smarty-pants

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