intellectual masturbation

Fascinating intellectual breakthroughs regarding reality, language, existence, knowledge, perception, or human behavior which are completely unprovable and utterly without use, and therefore of no real consequence to anyone. See also: philosophy

Etymology: the mental counterpart to masturbation; i.e. a process that is very pleasurable but hasn't accomplished anything at the end.

The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis states that language influences human thought, so that native speakers of different languages think about concepts in incommensurably distinct modes. Linguists and psychologists contend fiercely over the validity of this claim, oblivious to the fact that it is intellectual masturbation.

by samd12345 August 6, 2007

sexual intellectual

A "Fucking know it all"

"Mary is a true sexual intellectual you know"

by Anonymous September 30, 2003

pseudo-intellectual

Pseudo-intellectuals tend to own themselves using the word, "pseudo-intellectual".

"You should stop trying to be pseudo-intellectual and just accept that you're an idiot," the internet elitist said proudly, his puny bear chest puffing at the cleverness of his retort.

by GoogleItNukka August 29, 2010

intellectual whore

A guy (usually) with unrequited lust for a girl.

The girl may keep him around for a number of reasons, including self aggrandizement, intellectual stimulation or entertainment.

See also wordintellectual pimp/word, wordcuddle bitch/word, wordninja bitch/quote, wordladder theory/word, wordladder disparity/word

'I used to be Stacy's intellectual whore, but I'm over her now.'

by anon October 22, 2003

Intellectual Orgasm

When you hear something that is so profound, brilliant, or novel, that it blows your mind.

Guy 1: "... and thats how the theory of evolution works."
Guy 2: "Holy shit man, I think I just had an intellectual orgasm"

Teacher: "So I was reading through these economics tests last night when I came across Sam's example of a vineyard as one of the best positive externalities. It was so brilliant I had an intellectual orgasm."

by Sam Ryan November 1, 2006

Intellectual Fatigue

The heavy-headed feeling one gets after a long day of only mind related activities such as writing a paper, studying for an exam, preparing presentations, doing mathematics, working on proposals, etc etc.

I got a serious bout of intellectual fatigue after spending the entire day reading Gadamar's 'Truth and Method' for my aesthetics class tomorrow.

by La-Cha December 8, 2010

intellectual boner

when you learn something new and it thrills you so much you get a boner in your brain

yesterday in linguistics we talked about diglossia so much i got an intellectual boner.

by crambup October 15, 2017