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intelligence

The ability to think, reason, and understand instead of doing things automatically or by instinct
Her intelligence blew everyone away during the debate; she didn’t just regurgitate facts but actually thought critically about the issues at hand.
by Emotional Cruiser October 14, 2025
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Intelligence Leak

When your Smart Water cap isn't on tight enough and a little trickled out.
My lap was wet because I had an Intelligence Leak.
by thorbjore71 October 8, 2010
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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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intelligence burst

When you're suddenly super smart for a small while and can solve any puzzle or problem.
I was struggling with my homework but then I had an intelligence burst and completed it in under 3 minutes.
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intelligence vampire

A person who literally sucks the intelligence right out of you just by standing near you.
Paris Hilton need I say more is a intelligence vampire.
by Twilight Omega June 21, 2007
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Intelligence signalling

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.

Includes an element of virtue signalling 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-signalling '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 signalling useless advice. The only thing I learned in that hour was how little he knows about marketing.
by mogydee June 16, 2020
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intelligence abuse

the misuse of intelligence by policy makers in order produce results that people want to hear instead of what the evidence indicates
The claims by the Bush admistration that Pre-war Iraq was linked to Al-Qida and that Iraq possessed stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction with the intent to give them to terrorist organisations are a perfect example of "intelligence abuse".
by dustinisnotcoolerthanyou March 1, 2011
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