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intellectual headache

The feeling you get behind your eyeballs when you’ve absorbed too much new information in a single sitting, and all you can do is wait for your brain to process it
Taking an entire introduction to Angular course in one afternoon gave me an intellectual headache. Too bad there isn't an aspirin for that.
by Imperative September 3, 2015
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Snowflake intellectual

A person pretending to be an intellectual, usually a politician, who don't have the meats to stand up for their political point of view when it really matters, as in an intellectual argument.
A snowflake intellectual can often become angry, apoplectic and even verbally abusive when they feel threatened in an intellectual debate or when someone tries to challenge their point of view.
by Sexydimma May 27, 2021
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Pseudo-Intellectual

This pseudo-intellectual here talks fast and uses big, fancy words, which makes him seem smart to the unintelligent folk.
by anonymous July 29, 2021
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Intellectual masturbation

A conversation with the purpose of confirming or showing off both parties' knowledge in a certain field, without providing new leads or ideas.
They kept jerking each other's brain off in that round of intellectual masturbation about algorithms optimization.
by SollyDMonkey July 3, 2022
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Pseudo-Intellectual

The "intellectual" way to say "Smartass/smart-aleck/smartypants
A: This guy is sorta pseudo-intellectual

B: Just say it as smartass, tho
by Sir. B September 19, 2020
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Intellectual abuse

Not being able to understand intellectual conversation due to high IQ gap, lack of background knowledge, or simply being drunk.
I attended a physical discussion of Roger Penrose today, couldn't understand a word. For me, it's an intellectual abuse.
by nmars January 29, 2021
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cloacialtistic intellectualism

The misuse of intilect to sound smarter than you are
Cloacialtistic intellectualism
The misuse of intilect to sound smarter than you are
"I have a extenuary library of books on human behavioralism in my den"
by Kypke 1 September 9, 2022
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