Smug remarks aren't necessary, Wombat
Was that aimed at me? I thing it was probably more facetious than smug?
facetious |fəˈsē sh əs|
adjective
treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant.
smug |sməg|
adjective ( smugger, smuggest)
having or showing an excessive pride in oneself or one's achievements : he was feeling smug after his win.
However I really prefer:
humor |ˈ(h)yoōmər| ( Brit. humour)
noun
1 the quality of being amusing or comic, esp. as expressed in literature or speech : his tales are full of humor. See note at wit .
• the ability to perceive or express humor or to appreciate a joke : their inimitable brand of humor | she has a great sense of humor.
2 a mood or state of mind : her good humor vanished | the clash hadn't improved his humor.
• archaic an inclination or whim.
3 (also cardinal humor) historical each of the four chief fluids of the body (blood, phlegm, yellow bile [choler], and black bile [melancholy]) that were thought to determine a person's physical and mental qualities by the relative proportions in which they were present.