street-smart

Back-formation from street smarts.

street-smart (comparative street-smarter, superlative street-smartest)

1. Having practical rather than theoretical knowledge, like that learned on the streets rather than in the classroom.

   Coordinate term: book-smart

   im street smarter than him yo

   (Compare: I am book-smarter than he.)

   • 2022 May 28, Phil McCulty, “Liverpool 0-1 Real Madrid”, in BBC Sport:

     For Liverpool, it capped six days of desperate disappointment after missing out on the Premier League to Manchester City by a single point then losing to this experienced, street-smart Real team.

• streetwise