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    [Adjective]  | "glib" | \ ˈglib \


    1: showing little forethought or preparation : offhand

    2: marked by ease and informality : nonchalant

    3: lacking depth and substance : superficial


    Origin: 1584 ;

     Probably modification of Low German glibberig slippery;

    [Adjective]  | "glib" 


    1: said or done in a way that lacks thought or is not sincere;


      * e.g., " ... The teen's glib remarks showed that she didn't care much about soccer. "





     [ "glib" ]

    1: Showing little thought; marked by a lack of intellectual depth.

      * e.g.,  ... Matt. Matt, Matt, you don't even — you're glib. You don't even know what Ritalin is. 

     [ "glib" ]

    1: Gifted with the ability to speak articulately and even charmingly on the spur of the moment, but there is a lack of accuracy or understanding. Slippery or slick in speech, cunningly persuasive.

      * e.g.,  ... He was a charming man, but there was a glib quality to the way that he spoke; something just did not seem genuine about him. 

     [ "glib" ]

    1: What Tom Cruise called Matt Lauer when he was clearly off his meds during the whole TomKat thing.

      * e.g.,  ... Matt...Matt... you're glib. 

     [ "glib" ]

    1: 1 (noun) a person with little knowledge of a subject that another person greatly understands; 2 (adj.) undereducated, retarded, not knowledgeable in a subject; 3 (adj.) hard to understand, confusing, undecipherable (as used by John Cleese in Monty Python's Flying Circus, Ep. 5, "The Smuggler")

      * e.g.,  ... 1 You don't understand quantum physics? My god, you're such a glib. 

     [ "Glib" ]

    1: Anyone who does not welcome the thoughts and beliefs of one of today's greatest minds- Thomas Cruise Mapother IV. These people are to be seen only "as" glib (adjective.)

      * e.g.,  ... Matt...you're glib. You don't know what Ritalin is. 

     [ "Glib" ]

    1: A bull shit artist/con artist. Can talk your ear off but there is little to no sincerity nor depth of knowledge. Just the ability to talk about something without the in depth knowledge to back it up.

      * e.g.,  ... Sociopaths are often very glib. 

     [ "Glib" ]

    1:  Easily performed; non-challantly taken care of.

      * e.g.,  ... He recited Hamlet in a glib fashion. 


     [ "Glib" ]

    2:  Marked by ease and fluency of speech or writing that often suggests or stems from insincerity, superficiality, or deceitfulness.

      * e.g.,  ... Sandra's glib demeanor is pretty off-putting. 


     [ "Glib" ]

    3:  (slang) Boring, unexciting, or old-hat.

      * e.g.,  ... The baseball game today was rather glib; I hope tomorrow's game against the Yankees is more fun. 

     [ "glibbed" ]

    1: The act of someone who promises you something but at the time of delivery rescinds from what they promised they would do.

      * e.g.,  ... Brian was supposed to pay me back for that case of beer but in the end he glibbed me. 

     [ "Glib" ]

    1: Just the little Austey-poo

      * e.g.,  ... Austin is just the archetype of an absolute glib 

     [ "Glib" ]

    1: One who does not know anything.

      * e.g.,  ... Peter you're glib! 


     [ "Glib" ]

    2: Other uses:

      * e.g.,  ... "If you don't shut up ill run you over with the car!" 


     [ "Glib" ]

    3: A derogatory term meaning idiot or moron. Mr. Kasal, adj, noun, anything you wish.

      * e.g.,  ... "Don't be so glib" 

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