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egghead

noun as in (offensive) intellectual

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He made an easy target, the know-it-all liberal egghead who demeaned the wisdom of the American people.

“Belligerent egghead” has rarely been a winning brand in presidential politics.

That's something that egghead liberals are supposed to be guilty of.

Nobody wanted to hand a plum invasion spot to some fat egghead from a snooty rag, he crabbed.

Gore was painted as an egghead, and was, but again Southern-ness diluted the cocktail a bit.

Well, the first time we met him of course we all thought he was so-called egghead, or whatever words you want to use.

"You know, Miss Shaw, this isn't just the roughneck's scorn for the egghead," Travis said.

My egghead Psi expert was barely able to restrain himself—he had some bitter things to tell me.

He needed and wanted the products of scientific research, but he had a vague fear of the scientist—the "egghead."

On the porch was the Egghead feeding ice cream to Mimi Lafontaine.

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On this page you'll find 27 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to egghead, such as: bluestocking, bookworm, brain, geek, genius, and highbrow.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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