pointy-headed
adjective
USinformalmainlydisapproving(alsopointy headed)uk/ˌpɔɪn.tiˈhed.ɪd/us/ˌpɔɪn.t̬iˈhed.ɪd/intelligentandinterestedinstudyingand otheractivitiesthatinvolvecarefulthinkingandmentaleffort, usually in a way that otherpeoplefindannoying:
Parents don't like it when pointy-headedacademicstellthem how toraisetheirkids.
Thehackerswereinitiallyassumedto be pointy-headedkidsplayingcomputergamesingrown-upplaces.
- The otherdayshe referred to me as a "pointy-headed so and so."
- There was always a pointy-headedexperthangingaroundworkstationsremindingpeopletodefragmentthe harddisk.
- Is she thepluckyandcompetenteverywoman,readytofightthepointyheadedelitesof Washington?
Intelligent people
- academic
- bluestocking
- bookish
- bookworm
- bright spark
- cerebral
- clever
- gnome
- intellectual
- laureate
- mage
- mind
- not be just a pretty faceidiom
- scholar
- smart cookie
- smart-arse
- superintellectual
- the intelligentsia
- thinker
- wit