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Besserwisser

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Borrowed from German Besserwisser.

noun Besserwissers

A know-it-all, wiseguy, wiseacre, smart aleck. They are not Besserwissers; they just know better because they have had the experience. Capitalism has no lure for them, as socialism does for their West Central European counterparts.

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@misc{besserwisser_2026,
  title = {Besserwisser},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/besserwisser},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}