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Physicist 

Someone who solves problems you didn't know you had in a way you don't understand.
She is a physicist.
Physicist by Enif November 11, 2021

physicist 

n: Mathematically able smartass for whom engineering presented far too small a challenge.
See that undergraduate physicist giggling non-stop over those post-grad engineering textbooks?
physicist by Costa Del Barto June 25, 2006

physicist 

A super mathematical genius that kicks ass at solving problems and seeing the world like nobody else. Oh, and the guy engineers are pissed off at, because they can't do shit.
Engineer 1 : Hey Mark, that guy is a physicist!
Engineer 2 : Yeah, he does my work, because I can't do shit.
physicist by Koniec June 24, 2009

Armchair Physicist 

A person who utilizes Youtube and Wikipedia in order to garner as much palatable information on subjects within the realm of physics as possible. Possibly for personal interest but more commonly used for 4 AM post-party diatribes about how we're all connected and the ancient shamans were right.
Most often using 'Quantum' physics for their purposes, as it is the most subjective branch and easy to bullshit the uneducated about.
Stephen: So you're interested in physics?
Dave: Yeah, a bit. I'm an Armchair Physicist.

I found Dave up again when I left for work this morning. He'd been watching something on Youtube and kept going on about how dark matter means we're all just in a computer simulation. That guy needs to get a job.

physicist 

one who studies the natural sciences, and often does research hopefully improving our understanding of how things work. Physicist have made possible the production and use of automobiles and computers, to name but a few.
Oh, that's my friend kevin. He's a physicist.
physicist by kevin September 6, 2003

physicist 

A nerd that has a great desire to become a teacher or to take over the world.
I would like to build a heavy hydrogen bomb to either teach all of you or to kill you all...I haven't yet decided.
physicist by Mike November 14, 2004