Etymograph

English

smoothifier

From smooth + -ify + -er, a marketing coinage by Guinness.

Formed from smooth + -ify + -er

Proto-West Germanic *smanþī ‘flat’

Old English smēþe

Middle English smothe

English smooth

Today it means

noun A floating widget inside a beer can, which (unlike earlier fixed versions) prevents the contents from overflowing if opened when warm.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “smoothifier”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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