egghead
[ eg-hed ]
/ ˈɛgˌhɛd /
noun Slang: Usually Disparaging.
an intellectual.
usage note for egghead
This term is usually used with disparaging intent, implying that an intellectual is out-of-touch with ordinary people. Though first used by journalists to insult editorial writers,
egghead was popularized as an epithet of Adlai Stevenson, the 1952 Democratic presidential candidate.
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egghead
/ (ˈɛɡˌhɛd) /
noun
informal
an intellectual; highbrow