smirting
n.— «From flash picnics to psychedelic mushrooms, raunchy fashion to “smirting” (smoking and flirting) on sidewalks, we see the quest for personal pleasure moving toward the extremes, where the fun and feeling are most intense, raw, and authentic.» —“Euro RSCG Unveils 15 Global Pop Culture Sightings In a Time of Unease, a Planetwide Outbreak of Pleasure Seeking” in New York City PR Newswire Dec. 3, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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