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smiler¹

Where it comes from

From Middle English smyler, smylere; equivalent to smile + -er.

noun smilers

  1. Someone who smiles. Jenny hadn’t been a natural hugger, but she’d been a smiler, a handholder.
  2. UK, slang The mouth. You're asking for a punch in the smiler!

Smiler²

Where it comes from

The singer was born Destiny Hope Cyrus but nicknamed Smiley (later Miley) by her parents because she often smiled as a baby; hence smile + -er.

noun Smilers

  1. slang A fan of American singer and actress Miley Cyrus. When she rose to the throne of the iTunes charts with her single “Royals”, she was met with some hateful tweets from Smilers (aka Miley Cyrus fans).

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"smiler." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/smiler. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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smiler. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/smiler

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"smiler." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/smiler.

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@misc{smiler_2026,
  title = {smiler},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/smiler},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}