Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To disable (a computer network) with a smurf attack.
- intransitive verb To engage in a smurf attack.
- intransitive verb Slang To buy as much pseudoephedrine as is legally permitted in each of numerous stores over a wide area in order to obtain enough to produce methamphetamine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A fictional character, a blue
pixie with white stocking cap, from the media franchise The Smurfs. - verb banking To structure a deposit; to split a large financial transaction into smaller ones so as to avoid scrutiny.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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For example, when a character says he's "up Smurf Creek without a paddle," the word "smurf" is either an adjective or proper noun.
SFGate: Top News Stories Peter Hartlaub 2011
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For example, when a character says he's "up Smurf Creek without a paddle," the word "smurf" is either an adjective or proper noun.
SFGate: Top News Stories Chronic phartlaub@sfchronicle.com (Peter Hartlaub 2011
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Douglas Adams: “…award for the most gratuitous use of the word smurf in a serious screenplay.”
Cheeseburger Gothic » Barack Obama is tired of your motherfucking shit. 2009
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Anonymous said ... paw-dancin 'smurf, Smurf-Blue Teva-Smurf, bracelet-making smurf, loose-neck smurf, searchin' for lost shaker of salt smurf ....
Pop Quiz: Fest-rogen Edition Slimbolala 2006
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Investigators and computer-security experts aren't certain how the attacks were carried out, but the hackers likely used a variation of a so-called smurf assault like this: 1.
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We were issued this massive pile of crap and given our first uniform, a navy blue sweatsuit, fondly known as the smurf suit on base.
toastcrumbs Diary Entry toastcrumbs 2005
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Heck ... even a list of quiz results telling me what kind of smurf I am, what lord of the rings character I most resemble or how aberrant I am, isnt completely out of question ...
poontang Diary Entry poontang 2009
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It reminds me of the Smurfs, when they would insert "smurf" into normal words.
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A device called a step frequency microwave radiometer, or "smurf," measures wind speeds on the surface of the ocean.
Into the Eye 2008
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When overused, they begin to take on the quality of the word "smurf" in those old Smurf cartoons, just all-purpose expressions that make the language less varied.
Archive 2007-05-01 Kylopod 2007
carolinacc commented on the word smurf
Yei! Trippy cartoons!
March 6, 2009