pseudo-intellectual
1. one who attempts to flex intellect that does not exist within his or her own mind.
2. can probably be found with a thesaurus in hand, while in a chat room, looking up new insults that are synonymous with “stupid” in order to boost his or her own undeserved ego.
3. typical cases of pseudo-intellectualism involve pre-p-b-scent 15 year olds that think they have everything figured out, including, but not limited to: life, religion, politics, education, and s-x. ironically, they have never quite experienced either of the aforementioned.
4. pretends he or she has an opinion.
5. posseses a severe tendency to blindly and wholeheartedly believe any bullsh-t they hear, only to subsequently regurgitate the misinformation to anyone they see in an asinine attempt to appear more intelligent than a used, broken condom.
6. should the victim of the verbal onslaught happen to have a differing opinion, the pseudo-intellectual will revert to his or her thesaurus and insult the opposition with words he or she never knew existed, and probably cannot even pr-nounce.
7. annoyingly and constantly refers to the word antidisestablishmentarianism, as if knowledge of said word defined his or her illegitimately high intelligence quotient.
8. typically a hypocrite; creates many, many contradictions. most online grammar/spelling n-z-s can relate.
9. always ends a bullsh-t “argument” with, “i win, so stfu.” win what, dipsh-ts? your opinions weren’t fact in the first place.
4 signs of the pseudo-intellectual
1. quoting
2. going against common thought without evidence
3. bringing up intellectualism in non-requist-te situations
4. un-neccersary use of verbs and adjectives with 4 syllables or more
dude #1: hey wanna go to the movies tomorrow night?
dude #2: nah, the cinema is so low-brow. i don’t understand how so many people find aesthetic values in it. i’m going home to read. as descartes said “cogito, ergo sum”.
dude #1: yeah….ok.
pseudo-intellectuals are people of average intelligence who are enchanted with highly intellectual topics and discussions such as philosophy, socioeconomics, destiny of humanity, etc.
unlike a genuine academic, a pseudo-intellectual’s main reason for being interested in these topics is because it makes him feel intellectually superior to his peers. he usually despises main stream culture, accuses those who disagree with him as being ignorant, and when his ideas are challenged, he often retaliates with “that’s a straw man argument!”
pseudo-intellectuals can often be found in political discussion boards on the internet, patronizing boutique shops, partic-p-ting in various anti-something rallies, sitting on a park’s bench during a weekend afternoon and playing a guitar, or spending eight consecutive years in college trying to earn a b.a degree in political science or philosophy.
jim: who is that -sshole that sits in the back of the cl-ss in american history and p-sses off the professor all the time?
amy: oh, that’s mark. he’s one of those pseudo-intellectuals.
a person who uses “big words” to impress people, insists on being politically-correct all the time, constantly b-tches about “the system”, and thinks they’re gods among men because they’re atheist.
“billy is such a pseudo-intellectual; he thinks he has to take american government i this year because the school board’s trying to brainwash him.”
the act of going to a coffeeshop with an impressive book (debord, nietzche, or maybe an advance bio book) and flipping through the pages without comprehension in hopes of starting a conversation with another patron.
man that guy was going so pseudo-intellectual at the hungarian pastry shop.
a pseudo-intellectual is somebody who thinks he’s got it all figured out, but really doesn’t know his -ss from a hole in the ground.
theamazingatheist is the perfect example of a pseudo-intellectual.
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