"James Kuyper Jr." <jameskuyper@verizon.net> writes:

> Richard Heathfield wrote:
>> Tor Rustad said:
> ...
>>> The main risk where I work, is rather the "clever" insiders.
>>
>> What do you mean by "clever"? Where I come from, it means "smart,
>> bright, intelligent" and is considered a compliment.
>
> He's not using the word with a different meaning; he's using it
> sarcastically, to describe someone who's just clever enough to create
> some very complicated problems, without being clever enough to avoid
> or escape those problems.

It's a euphemism for "cocky smartass".