Sunday, April 28, 2019

Word of the Week 04/28/19: Glib

From Dictionary.com:
1. Readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so
2. Easy or unconstrained, as actions or manners.
3. (Archaic) Agile; spry.

From Grammarist.com:
Glib describes someone who is a smooth talker, someone who speaks easily and fluently, someone who is convincing in speech. However, someone who is speaking in a glib manner is usually insincere, and is trying to convince someone that something is better or more important than it is, or is trying to perpetrate a fraud of some sort. Glib describes an eloquent speaker, but usually one who has an ulterior motive. To call someone glib is usually a minor insult, or a challenge. The word glib is derived from the German word glibberig which means slippery or slimy.

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