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street smarts
street smartspl.n.1. Shrewd awareness of how to survive in an often hostile urban environment.2. Practical knowledge, especially in a specific area of endeavor: a financial analyst with street smarts.street′ smarts`
n.pl. shrewd awareness of how to survive in an urban environment. [1970–75] street′-smart`, adj. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | street smarts - a shrewd ability to survive in a dangerous urban environmentastuteness, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, shrewdness - intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) |
street smarts
street smartsShrewdness that allows one to adeptly navigate the real world, especially life in a city (i.e. "the streets"). What are you talking to panhandlers? Don't you have any street smarts? Shelly is too innocent and sheltered to have any street smarts.See also: smart, streetstreet smarts n. the knowledge and ability to survive on the urban street. If you don’t have street smarts, you won’t last long out there. See also: smart, streetstreet smartsThe ability to live by one’s wits. This slangy expression, dating from the second half of the 1900s, alludes to the survival skills acquired by living largely on city streets. The New York Times used it, “To be free, however, requires street smarts, the cunning of the survivor” (Aug. 30, 1976).See also: smart, streetstreet smarts
Worldly wisdom and wariness in human interactionsstreet smarts Vox populi Worldly wisdom and wariness in human interactions. Cf Social smarts. street smarts
Words related to street smartsnoun a shrewd ability to survive in a dangerous urban environmentRelated Words- astuteness
- perspicaciousness
- perspicacity
- shrewdness
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