smirt

Definition

To chat up or flirt with (someone) while smoking outside a pub.

Etymology

Blend of smoke + flirt. Apparently coined in Ireland following the ban on smoking in pubs.

Example Sentences

• "Smirting - a cross between smoking and flirting - is already a huge hit in Dublin where the ban has been in place for two years"
• "I have dated three guys that I smirted with, and one of them is now my current boyfriend."
• "Smirting is believed to have started in Temple Bar, Dublin, in 2004"