intellectual thug

McLuhan wrote it in a letter to Ezra Pound in 1951
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I am an intellectual thug who has been slowly accumulating a
private arsenal with every intention of using it.

by McLuhan Videos September 29, 2020

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

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

intellectualivity

Intellectualivity - how much intellectual ability something takes.

"Robbing a bank removes all the intellectualivity from making money

by xX_pzi0Declan_Xx March 27, 2023

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

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

Pseudo-Intellectual

A dumb person’s idea of a smart person.

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