street-smart

Back-formation from street smarts.

street-smart (comparative more street-smart, superlative most street-smart)

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

   Coordinate term: book smart

   • 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