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(intransitive, UK, Ireland) To chat up or flirt with (someone) while smoking outside a pub.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK

(intransitive, UK, Ireland) To chat up or flirt with (someone) while smoking outside a pub.

Smirting - a cross between smoking and flirting - is already a huge hit in Dublin where the ban has been in place for two years
Origin: . Apparently coined in Ireland following the ban on smoking in pubs. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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