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Sophistics

attempting to make an idiomatic idea or statement sound or appear intelligent.
Pleats are set into dress pants in order to display the sophistics of elegance.
by JT The Dragon December 11, 2009
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Sophisticate

Classy sophisticates like me use big words in our sentences. Did I say big? I meant polysyllabic. Polysyllabic!
by Diggity Monkeez January 12, 2005
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Sophisticated

The definition of sophisticated is actually knowing your head from your buttocks. It does not require having a brain, for jellyfish seem to get along just right with a minimal amount of sophisticatiton. Even the tiniest rock uses somewhat of an amount of sophistication just to sit quietly (unless thrown or something of the sort) throughout the day.
"The young master was very sophisticated."
by samuchan January 10, 2015
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sophist

Someone who disregards the truth in favor of looking smart.
Hillary Clinton is a sophist because she went to law school and didn't become a lawyer.
by Ereck Flowers October 11, 2016
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sophistication

Beijing hit 755 on the air quality index, that place has hella sophistication.
by baller6969 January 16, 2013
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Sophistication

Definition for today's 21st century America to describe someone with class, manners, refinement, courtesy, and common decency. In other words, a snob or shitbird. In the movie Idiocracy, someone with those traits was "faggy".
Sophistication
by waspcoloredstain July 20, 2013
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Sophist

"Donald Trump, sophist?" = "Donald Trump, bullshitter?" (Huffington Post)
"President Obama's speech Thursday night was a pathetic, shallow, sophistic excuse for a serious conversation with the American people." = "President Obama's speech Thursday night was a pathetic, shallow, bullshit excuse for a serious conversation with the American people." (CNN)
"Thrasymachus, a cynical Sophist, insists that justice has no intrinsic meaning" = "Thrasymachus, a cynical bullshitter, insists that justice has no intrinsic meaning" (New York Times)
by Calculating Nut February 10, 2017
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