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googlectual 

A person who in arguments calls upon obscure information they found on google.com to appear more knowledgable than they are. Rampant on Usenet and most discussion boards.
Noted googlectual Tom Shelly often pasted massive articles he'd never actually read.
googlectual by Malvale February 26, 2004
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googellectual 

adjective:
the use of google or other search engines to appear to be possessing or showing intellect or mental capacity, esp. to a high degree: pretending to be an intellectual person, via google.

noun: a person of superior google using abilities, using said skills in place of real intellectual rigor.
Why not take your googellectual talents and search for other scientific and/or medical journals that have retracted or changed published, peer-reviewd material. - wphurley

You're just another messageboard googellectual.
googellectual by Bionic Antboy November 8, 2008