Pseudointellectual

[Little_Girl]

A bunch of academic quacks who have substantial abilities in faking their exaggerated reasoning abilities, and resent doing real work because they consider it beneath them.

They question, or do not believe in the existence of God, because being an atheist makes them feel rebellious, distinctive, and smart.

They sponge up much needed financial aid that would have been better invested in technical fields like engineering or medical research.

They are no valuable use to society. Their theory about the Ambitions of Man will not stop the emerging [SuperAIDS] epidemic from wiping out those who cant afford the state-of-the-art prescriptions. Same goes for SARS and the bird flu.

They congregate at StarBucks because without a adequate shot of caffeine, which is what their blood is mostly composed of, their heart rate would slow down and they will literally freeze to death.

[Tina]

A [pseudointellectual] is someone who spews great amounts of garbage, interlaces it with huge words, and then expects to be accepted by the generally weak-minded sheep as a true intellectual. they are to be pitied and shown no [leniency] whenever you [tromp] on them with an actual argument. script kiddies are often pseudointellectuals.

[Hina Muqadas]

Created solely as an attempt to display the authors intellectual prowess though actually void of real [pith]; intellectualism as style rather than substance. Often relies on heavy [name dropping] and [erudite], obscure terminology instead of easily understood, common words.

[Little_Girl]

One who believes that they are truly intelligent, but isnt.

Found largely in college campuses, these people [immerse] themselves in a certain subject - may it be politics, philosophy, physics, etc - and spend a great deal of their lives memorizing as much as they can about it. In an attempt to prove to the world that they are [gifted] in the subject area, they talk in-depth about even the smallest [facet] of the subject, to anybody in [earshot] whos too polite to stop them; they tend to spin the conversation to do so.

To a temporary [acquaintance], this technique usually works, and the listener parts with a feeling that the expert is intelligent. Spend time with this person, or perhaps know a little about what theyre talking about, and you realize it is all just facts given in [verbatim] by others who are more intelligent than they could ever hope to be.

A sad thing, really, as those who do it have little else to be proud of, and define themselves by their intelligence. As such, they will always seek validation for their efforts, but it is important not to call them on this. Instead, simply avoid the person... that is, unless you cant [help yourself].

[Ernesto]

A person who is [controversial] for the [sake] of being controversial. One who engaged in [mental masturbation].

[Dianne]

One who imposes a smart remark yet truly it makes little to [no sense] - nonsense. Usually happens when people come up with [real bad] comebacks that either make no sense or are [thoughtless] - empty words.

[Oralee]

The [label] [applied] to anyone who says something you dont [understand].

[Raeanne Dimick]

(noun)
Being a person marked by having

The ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations
The skilled use of reason
The ability to apply knowledge to [manipulate] ones environment or to think abstractly as measured by [objective] [criteria]
apparently rather than actually as stated.

[Julian]

Spuriously intellectual; falsely supposed or purporting to be intellectual; (hence) intellectually pretentious or affected.