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Intellectual Fatigue

The heavy-headed feeling one gets after a long day of only mind related activities such as writing a paper, studying for an exam, preparing presentations, doing mathematics, working on proposals, etc etc.
I got a serious bout of intellectual fatigue after spending the entire day reading Gadamar's 'Truth and Method' for my aesthetics class tomorrow.
by La-Cha December 8, 2010
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Intelifuel

Ecuador's first and (currently) only registered alternative energy company. www.intelifuel.com
Intelifuel supplies 2000 gallons of filtered WVO/UCO to biodiesel companies per day.
by Mr. Environmental July 7, 2011
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Intellec-tard

One who in spite of his/her radical intelligence is prone to being; socially inept, devoid of common sense or likely to perform bonehead actions.
The state of intellec-tardation may also be acquired through excessive use drugs or alcohol. This state may fade, however the actions and reputation may live on in infamy.
Billy was a bright kid, but had a bad habit of becoming an Intellec-tard after his 3rd beer resulting in drooling and an inability to shut up!
by hawesome1 January 14, 2014
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intellectual boner

when you learn something new and it thrills you so much you get a boner in your brain
yesterday in linguistics we talked about diglossia so much i got an intellectual boner.
by crambup October 15, 2017
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Intelligence signaling

To broadcast or telegraph that you are more intelligent than you actually are by attempting to educate people and provide unsolicited advice under the guise of helping them.

Ties in well with virtue signaling as the goal is both to dominate by making yourself appear smarter and more virtuous in juxtaposition to the receiver or audience.

The intention (as well as virtue-signaling 'helpful' advice) is to self-level-up and often to make it seem like you have more knowledge in a given field. Since you often target someone more specialized or experienced than you are your advice is either common knowledge, making you appear like a douchebag in the eyes of the receiver, or it is made up bullshit.
My mistake was when Joe asked me how my marketing business was going and I said 'slow'. For the next hour he was intelligence signaling useless advice. The only thing I learned in that hour was how little he knows about marketing.
by mogydee June 14, 2020
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Intellectual ballache

Inability to express yourself for fear of drowning the recipient.

The sufferer has too much to say and fear that he or she will not be understood and that the recipient will feel overwhelmed.
I was on a date with a really cute, but not too clever, guy yesterday. I suffered from intellectual ballache throughout the date. He is not used to dating academics.
by Alexia de la Mozzarella November 27, 2020
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Intellectual Donation

Sharing with others the thoughts, ideas, wisdom for the welfare of an individual, entity or society
British Lingua, an institute of communication skills has taken the initiative seeking intellectual donation for the cause of the deprived section of society.
by birbaljha November 27, 2020
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