When you or someone you know take something simple and hyper-analyze it to reach absurd conclusions.
Bob thinks that his attraction to tits is related to his maternal issues. He's a fucking idiot and intellectualizing. Sometimes you just like big tits.
by Freud's Evil Cousin July 26, 2023
1. A phrase describing the act of habitually reserving judgment regarding people, places, and/or situations;
2. Avoiding forming opinions and conclusions which one is not required or beholden to form.
2. Avoiding forming opinions and conclusions which one is not required or beholden to form.
by jack1e August 21, 2010
Masc: intellectual god
Fem: intellectual goddess
An ironic term used to describe someone of surprisingly inferior intelligence.
Fem: intellectual goddess
An ironic term used to describe someone of surprisingly inferior intelligence.
Hannah: Isn't Bangkok the capital of Asia?
Will: Hannah, you intellectual goddess! Do you want an award?
Will: Hannah, you intellectual goddess! Do you want an award?
by Cool shoes. November 30, 2015
metaphorically describes the process of dismantling someone's argument in a debate by addressing each flaw systematically, akin to the painful but meticulous process of a Brazilian wax. It aims to critique a person's position while allowing them to retain some dignity. It's a vivid analogy emphasising the thoroughness of the rebuttal
Despite John knowing better and admitting he got it wrong, he decided to double-down leading to his colleague resorting to a giving him an Intellectual Brazilian by dismantling his entire argument in successive social media posts.
by Drbezphd January 11, 2024
"Intellectual Brazilian” (Dr Urie Bezuidenhout, 2023), this phrase is used in a debate between scholars or specialists where one of them takes a disingenuous stance, despite credible evidence presented in the discussion. The other person then rebukes them, piece by piece, for their indefensible and dogmatic position, almost like exacting death by a thousand cuts. The analogy to a Brazilian wax is that, just like a Brazilian is intended to make the person look good, it is preceded by a painful experience when successive wax strips are ripped off sensitive areas of the recipient's skin. Instead of admitting that they were wrong earlier, they have their argument painfully dismantled in small pieces by the person exacting the "Intellectual Brazilian." The primary aim of this phrase is to maintain a recipient with some dignity at the end, which is considerably better than receiving an intellectual death by a thousand cuts.
The author that doggedly dismissed evidence to the contrary, was given an Intellectual Brazilian over multiple days by an expert in a terse and almost-humiliating fashion.
by Drbezphd January 04, 2024
by Clarinet Jones January 22, 2017
Prima facie intellectual people who are conveniently and absurdly hyperintellectual when it comes to carrying out their interests and suddenly without warning sharply anti-intellectual when it comes to protecting their perceived sources of income, donors/patrons/supporters, inter alia. In other words, a hack.
Example 1)
Abomination Intellectual (i.e. A Hack; Satire of an Intellectual Person): "place A is bad, they killed thousands of people via poisoned toothpicks"
Questioner (i.e. Actual Intellectual Person): "place B who funded your talk killed thousands of people via poisoned straws."
Questioner Thinking: "Why are there so many of these abomination intellectuals, fake people, charlatans? who regulates these people?"
Abomination Intellectual: "The hour is up, thank you for coming to my talk." (i.e. the irony is that neglectful silence is anti-intellectual)
Example 2) Abomination Intellectual: "Give me your money and i'll silence your critics intellectually giving you the space to enjoy your ill gotten gains, while the attention is all on me."
Abomination Intellectual (i.e. A Hack; Satire of an Intellectual Person): "place A is bad, they killed thousands of people via poisoned toothpicks"
Questioner (i.e. Actual Intellectual Person): "place B who funded your talk killed thousands of people via poisoned straws."
Questioner Thinking: "Why are there so many of these abomination intellectuals, fake people, charlatans? who regulates these people?"
Abomination Intellectual: "The hour is up, thank you for coming to my talk." (i.e. the irony is that neglectful silence is anti-intellectual)
Example 2) Abomination Intellectual: "Give me your money and i'll silence your critics intellectually giving you the space to enjoy your ill gotten gains, while the attention is all on me."
by Gemma5702 December 16, 2021