and it is a good thing?
2006-08-03 06:07:27 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
From the American Heritage Dictionary:
Having the shrewd awareness, experience, and resourcefulness needed for survival in a difficult, often dangerous urban environment.
2006-08-03 06:10:41 · answer #1 · answered by Fall Down Laughing 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Streetwise Definition
2016-10-01 06:36:33 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are two words actuallywhich mean almost the same thing:
STREETWISE, STREETSMART.
Both of them mean:
Streetwise, streetsmart: (adj) .
streetwise, street smart is having the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment,
Is it a good thing?
Yes, it is as having anything for survival needs to be GOOD!
Sometimes people confuse this expression with over-smartness, pulling a fast one on others.
But it is not the expression's / word's mistake or fault !
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2006-08-03 06:32:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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and it is a good thing?
2015-08-19 06:41:34 · answer #4 · answered by Meri 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Streetwise means you are capable of handling yourself in situations that aren't taught in formal education. I prefer to call it as being intuitive and savvy enough to get out of difficult situations.
2006-08-03 06:13:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
having the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment or Streetwise has a number of different meanings:*wisdom in a particular subject;*knowledge of youth culture, also called Street;*practical knowledge, as opposed to ivory tower or bookish knowledge, knowledge on how to succeed through life, or generally how to avoid the pitfalls;*it can be used in a euphemistic sense to refer to stupidity.
2006-08-03 06:52:46 · answer #6 · answered by hi 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
to be streetwise is to know about things in life in general you
get to know these things talking and meeting with other
people
2006-08-03 06:13:13 · answer #7 · answered by deli_fred@yahoo.co.uk 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is a good thing-it is how to conduct yourself in a way that you aren't attacked or looked at as an easy target on the streets.
2006-08-03 06:10:31 · answer #8 · answered by curiositycat 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you need to ask you're not. It means savvy, able to cope with the real world rather than theory or academic things. It means being able to spot trouble and cope with it etc.
2006-08-03 06:11:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It can mean several things - but the true meaning is to be knowledgeable in the big wide world - been there done that sort of thing - its a good thing as we are constantly learning to be steetwise - mucker
2006-08-07 03:10:50 · answer #10 · answered by mucker 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋