A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from June 27, 2022
Smartaculous (smart + spectacular + fabulous/marvelous)

“Sometimes I make words up to sound more smartaculous” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. “Smartaculous” is a portmanteau from the words “smart” and “spectacular.”
     
“Smartaculous @Smartaculous” made a post on Twitter on August 27, 2011. “Smartaculous A combination word. Consisting of smart, spectacular, and marvelous” was entered in the Urban Dictionary on October 15, 2016. “smartaculous = una fusión de las palabras SMART (inteligente), SPECTACULAR (espectacular) y FABULOUS (fabuloso). Su significado es ‘algo inteligente, espectacular y fabuloso’” was posted on Twitter by Dilo en Inglés on November 29, 2018. The “-ous” ending could be from “marvelous,” “fabulous” or some other word.
   
“SOMETIMES I MAKE WORDS UP TO SOUND MORE SMARTACULOUS” (shown on an image) was posted on Facebook by 100.9 The Cat on January 16, 2016.
         
       
Twitter
Smartaculous
@Smartaculous
Huragan Irene - na bierzaco ze Staten Island, New York. Zostalismy pomimo znajdujemy sie w centrum przewidywanej trajektorii huraganu Irene.
Translated from Polish by Google
Hurricane Irene - on the way from Staten Island, New York. Despite being in the center of Hurricane Irene’s predicted trajectory, we remained.
5:45 PM · Aug 27, 2011·Twitter Web Client
   
Facebook
100.9 The Cat
January 16, 2016 at 7:10 PM ·
We all know someone like this!....
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
SOMETIMES I MAKE WORDS UP TO
SOUND MORE SMARTACULOUS.
 
Facebook
Zest4Kidz Children’s Charity
February 13, 2016 at 4:59 AM ·
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
SOMETIMES I MAKE WORDS UP TO
SOUND MORE SMARTACULOUS.
   
Facebook
Rebel Circus
February 21, 2016 at 6:15 PM ·
— with Natalie Rose Dyson and 4 others
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
SOMETIMES I MAKE
UP NEW WORDS TO
SOUND MORE
SMARTACULOUS.
 
Twitter
✨Flopi-née✨
@flopidesu
Sometimes I make up new words to sound more “Smartaculous” #MadeMyDay #ThisIsMe
9:56 PM · Feb 21, 2016·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
L.R. Davidson
@theLRdavidson
make up words and you can sound utterly smartaculous.
10:54 AM · May 14, 2016·Facebook
   
Twitter
Jaz
@itsthejazzy
Smartaculous.
(“SOMETIMES I MAKE UP WORDS TO SOUND MORE SMARTACULOUS” is shown on an image.—ed.)
1:56 AM · May 25, 2016·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
.King.Of.Misery.
@ThatNMguy
Sometimes I make words up to sound more smartaculous…
12:41 PM · May 26, 2016·Twitter for Android
 
Urban Dictionary
Smartaculous
A combination word. Consisting of smart, spectacular, and marvelous.
That guy is smart, spectacular, and marvelous. He is Smartaculous.
by Raven_whisper October 15, 2016
 
Twitter
Dilo en Inglés
@Diloeningles
smartaculous = una fusión de las palabras SMART (inteligente), SPECTACULAR (espectacular) y FABULOUS (fabuloso). Su significado es “algo inteligente, espectacular y fabuloso” 🌟🌟😁
#portmanteau #inglés
Translated from Spanish by Google
smartaculous = a fusion of the words SMART (intelligent), SPECTACULAR (spectacular) and FABULOUS (fabulous). Its meaning is “something intelligent, spectacular and fabulous” 🌟🌟😁
#portmanteau #inglés
(“Sometimes I make up words to sound more smartaculous” is shown.—ed.)
2:00 PM · Nov 29, 2018·Hootsuite Inc.
 
Twitter
Bob Kostic
@causticbob
SOMETIMES I MAKE WORDS UP TO SOUND MORE SMARTACULOUS.
6:19 AM · Jun 28, 2022·Twitter Web App

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