A Knowledge Vampire extracts unique information, knowledge and practice wisdom that form the body of knowledge resulting from another's intellectual and scholarly pursuits. They do this because their rise in success, social currency or professional status relies on preserving an illusion of intellectual prowess in that and other disciplines to maintain a competitive advantage.
Knowledge Vampires are mostly (but not always) unaware they are extracting knowledge from another person. Like Energy Vampires, who employ traits along the narcissism behaviour spectrum to recruit an unending supply of emotional energy, Knowledge Vampires are able to retain a supply of targeted information through grooming methods that build trust and guarantee attention on their knowledge acquisition needs.
Knowledge Vampires cannot be deterred by garlic or crucifixes but can be with contracts and written agreements that preserve your intellectual property.
Knowledge Vampires are mostly (but not always) unaware they are extracting knowledge from another person. Like Energy Vampires, who employ traits along the narcissism behaviour spectrum to recruit an unending supply of emotional energy, Knowledge Vampires are able to retain a supply of targeted information through grooming methods that build trust and guarantee attention on their knowledge acquisition needs.
Knowledge Vampires cannot be deterred by garlic or crucifixes but can be with contracts and written agreements that preserve your intellectual property.
I was bitten by a Knowledge Vampire who posed as a trustworthy colleague and who is now using my intellectual property as their own. I wish I had eaten more garlic.
by Narcissism Hacker December 8, 2021
The act of informing someone on factual information, then snapping of your fingers telling them your dropping knowledge.
by kyle millller March 21, 2008
by tonkotruck March 15, 2010
Cocaine - as in kilograms (kg) of coke, the standard unit of measurement for cocaine. Derived from the Supreme Alphabet and the abbreviation 'kg' Knowledge God. Popularized by Raekwon on the first track of his debut solo album 'Only Built for Cuban Linx.'
by Allah Shabazz March 8, 2014
An individual who is a knowledge addict. An artist who simply loves "learning", ultimately expanding one's brain capacity. In other words, it can also be referred to as "the art of knowing."
Example 1
Gambit: "Wow, that is just pure knowledge bro,...You're like a fuckin' sage. Damn knowledge junkies these dayz.."
Gambit: "Wow, that is just pure knowledge bro,...You're like a fuckin' sage. Damn knowledge junkies these dayz.."
by Larski September 29, 2011
“Harry Maguire is terrible”. Whoever said that has no ball knowledge since they don’t know that maguire is amazing
by beneficialtrap February 6, 2023
Its somewhere between free period and philosophy. In other words, IB didn't want you to possibly have a free period for half the year, no way, they wanted to fill in that space with another class with a name equivalent to "bull shit." Sometimes for "fun", teachers assign the reading of Sophies World.
Today in Theory of Knowledge, I BSed an 1,500 word paper about math as a way of knowing in 25 minutes!
by s12 January 18, 2009