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Intellectual Crush 

Distinguishing between a "nerd" crush and typical "crush". Characterized by love of their mind, independent of their body or physical attraction. Can refer to person of same gender or opposite sex. Term is platonic in nature. Admiration of their unattainable intellectual or academic skill/thought process/insight, to a level of raw mental magnetism. In context, meant as a true and genuine compliment and can be used between friends or colleagues.
He is so damn clever, funny, and quick; he is by far one of my top intellectual crushes.
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pseudo-intellectual 

Someone who pretends to be more intelligent than they are.
A hipster is a prime example of a pseudo-intellectual.
pseudo-intellectual by louche22 September 11, 2012

Intellectual Rapist 

A person or rather, the personality of a person, who likes to expose what people hides. One that carefully manages to analyze every meaning of someone's existence, exposing everything about him or her. It is composed with the words "Intellect" and "rape", this is because an intellectual rapist "rapes your mind", uncovering everything you have wether you like it or not.
In the Japanese visual novel "Umineko no Naku Koro Ni Chiru: Episode 5" we can find Furudo Erika as a perfect example as an Intellectual Rapist. She likes to solve riddle, meddle into other's affair and exposes everything they hide, not really caring about the effect this will have.

Normally, detectives fall in this category as they search for the truth, again exposing what others want to hide. For example, we can find even Sherlock Holmes as an intellectual rapist.
Intellectual Rapist by 5KY7HAZ June 20, 2013

Intellectual bulimia 

Cramming information hand over fist into one's brain to hold onto it just long enough to purge it all out onto the exam in order to make room for the next "binge".
Man, I completely forgot EVERYTHING after writing that test. I have major intellectual bulimia!

pseudo-intellectual 

4 signs of the pseudo-intellectual

1. Quoting

2. Going against common thought without evidence

3. Bringing up intellectualism in non-requistite situations

4. Un-neccersary use of verbs and adjectives with 4 syllables or more
Dude #1: hey wanna go to the movies tomorrow night?

Dude #2: Nah, the cinema is so low-brow. I don't understand how so many people find aesthetic values in it. I'm going home to read. As Descartes said "cogito, ergo sum".

Dude #1: Yeah....OK.

quasi-intellectual 

A person who merely appears to be smart.
Randy always wants to talk about Plato. It seems like he doesn't know much about anything else (or Plato for that matter). He's such a quasi-intellectual.
quasi-intellectual by tree pipit September 8, 2010

Intellectual Grabass 

When two people (especially egotistical smart people) flirt with each other using their intelligence to debate a scholarly issue.
An example of an instance of intellectual grabass would be:

Male professor: "Didn't you think Nietzsche's "Will to Power" was the most influencial work of its day?"

Female professor: "Heavens yes! Foucult, Sarte, and Camus would be utterly unispired without it."
Intellectual Grabass by MLZ November 10, 2006