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pseudo-intellectual

soo-doh-in-tl-ek-choo-uhl (Noun)

People who constantly refer to cracked.com as the source of their references, opinions, beliefs, or information. Usually accompanied with a tone of undeserved superiority.
"How do you know that?"

"You'd know it too if you read cracked.com. I'm probably the first person who ever discovered cracked.com and started reading it. I'm also probably their biggest fan."

"Oh, I see, you're a pseudo-intellectual."
by Sir_Sloth April 27, 2014
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bootleg intellectual

An "intellectual" whose writings are based on opinions (which any asshole could write), and not a substantial amount of scholarly research. Michael Eric Dyson's book: Is Bill Cosby Right? or has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind is a great example. What kind of title is that? He's not a scholar, he's what capitalism produces.
I'm about to get the new young jeezy, and michael eric dyson's book.
Oh yeah?, but isn't he like a scholar?
naw, man he's a bootleg intellectual.
by ArianaJ December 14, 2006
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Napoleon Intellectual

Not a pseudo-intellectual in that they are actually pretty accomplished in their fields. However, their (often stupid and antagonistic) behaviors are driven by massive insecurities.
He has three publications out this year, but he is such a Napoleon Intellectual!
by Hsin2187 November 5, 2015
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pseudo-intellectual

Implying the false display intelligence, this is a term correctly applied to people who lie about their own intellectual background, claim to have studied matters they haven't, to have read books they haven't, et cetera.

A great majority of Internet users, however, are fond of using the term incorrectly to, often anti-intellectually, refer to those whose phraseology annoys them.
'Dude! Dude hey!'

'What is it, Dan?'

'Dude, that guy said a weird word. He is such a pseudo-intellectual.'

'You're a fucking idiot, Dan.'
by Kelan Emrys April 20, 2007
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closet intellectual

Someone who is smart in their head but finds it difficult to "come out"
I had the perfect comeback for what John said in the afternoon, I wish I wasn't such a closet intellectual.
by girluninterrupted May 14, 2014
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facebook intellectual

A person who constantly and self-seriously engages in pointless arguments about politics, economics, and other public issues on facebook.
Most facebook intellectuals are narcissists who just like to hear themselves talk.
by Rayshaun Mathison February 26, 2015
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Hip Hop "Intellectual"

A person who listens to lots of hip hop/rap and starts fights over trivial things: eye contact, bad look and disrepect. Notice the parenthesis around the word intellectual. Obviously, anyone who's into hip hop/rap cannot be an intellectual.

Hip hop intellectuals can be from any race, but in general they tend to be African American.
Teen1: Oh my God! He beat up that poor white kid for nothing. What happened?
Teen2: The white kid looked at him in a weird way and then the black kid left him in a comma. Typical Hip Hop "Intellectual" behavior.
by The Man who Knew Too Much February 12, 2007
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