Central North Carolina Planting Calendar for Annual Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs. Central North Carolina is a wonderful place to garden. Almost any type of vegetable or fruit can be grown successfully provided you choose appropriate varieties and plant at the right time.
There are fewer nouns than adjectives for someone who is smart, intelligent, bright, brilliant, or wise. Some terms are genius, ace, intellect (intellectual), savant, academicâ¦, or scholar. Colloquial terms include brain, egghead, Einstein, thinker, or whiz.
â Cindy Jimenez, Temple City, CA. 1  According to G.L. Cohen, author of Studies in Slang Part 1 (1985), the phrase smart alec(k) arose from the exploits of one Alec Hoag. 2  A search of several of the more reliable dictionaries pretty much confirms this definition.