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.

intelligence by Emotional Cruiser October 14, 2025

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.

Intelligence Leak by thorbjore71 October 8, 2010

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.

Intelligence signaling by mogydee June 14, 2020

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.

intelligence burst by Bananananananananananananana October 29, 2017

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.

intelligence vampire by Twilight Omega June 21, 2007

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.

Intelligence signalling by mogydee June 16, 2020

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".

intelligence abuse by dustinisnotcoolerthanyou March 1, 2011