egghead
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- noun
- /ˈɛɡˌhɛd/
- Offensive
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- Many people think that eggheads are out of touch with everyday life.
- call someone an egghead
- an egghead professor
- an egghead scientist
Because that makes you feel better, like you're actually in touch with something that truly matters, Not like those eggheads who waste their time logic chopping?
- Because that makes you feel better, like you're actually in touch with something that truly matters, Not like those eggheads who waste their time logic chopping?
- If you're not the egghead, have the egghead in the room on a really short leash because they're going to get they're going to get into the rat holes and they love rat holes.
Examples
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Ellen: There's a group of eggheads occupying a building down the block.
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Okay, which one of you eggheads is in charge?
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Why are they gonna listen to some egghead from up north?
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Do I look like an egghead?
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The business of being an egghead.
Fiction book (2002) -
Found you a proper egghead.
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The self-described "egghead" tried to counter this impression.
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Fact is, these eggheads and whatnot... may be smarter than all of us put together in this room.
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Moynihan is an egghead who talks in circles and constantly contradicts himself.
Academic text (1997) -
Einstein died working on this, and today's eggheads have taken only baby steps forward.
Blog text (33)
Antonyms
How Intellectual
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Etymology
The word egghead comes from imagining a smooth, round egg for a head, a picture people used to use to tease someone as very clever or academic. So, calling someone an egghead says they are an 'intellectual' who may be 'out of touch' with practical life.