Quote by utterchaos
To describe every smile as a smirk is clearly nonsensical so I can understand the ire if the entirety of the story only includes smirk/smirking but sometimes it's the only one that fits.
I think this is really the problem he is getting at; too much repetition. Using the same description and same expression over and over is a problem I wrestle with. And I hate smirks, too. "Smirking" is a kind of sly smile I associate with those a bit too sure of themselves and their own cleverness.