smarmy

Etymology
Apparently coined by "B.R.L., of Brighton" with sense "saying treacly things which do not sound genuine" in a competition for neologisms in The Academy (London) published on 14 January 1899.

Adjective

 * 1) Falsely earnest, smug, ingratiating, or pious.
 * a smarmy salesman with a big smile
 * 1)  Unctuous, greasy, as hair from pomade.
 * 2) * 2002 October, Austin Branstetter, "My day as a Carnie" Top of the Hill (Montgomery Bell Academy) Vol.8 No.1 p.4:
 * I pulled on my smarmy t-shirt and my ragged jeans and dragged myself to report to my supervisor.
 * 1) * 2002 October, Austin Branstetter, "My day as a Carnie" Top of the Hill (Montgomery Bell Academy) Vol.8 No.1 p.4:
 * I pulled on my smarmy t-shirt and my ragged jeans and dragged myself to report to my supervisor.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:, подмазвачески
 * Finnish:, lipeväkielinen, liukaskielinen
 * French:
 * German:, kriecherisch, , schmeichlerisch, gefühlsduselig
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: ごますりの
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: sleip, sleskete
 * Polish:, przymilny, lizusowski
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: