Derogatory term aimed at people giving information, and sometimes misinformation, without the credentials to do so. These people often type as if they are scientists, blindly citing wikipedia.
X: You're retarded so who cares about your opininon, Y.
Y: According to wikipedia, and I cite, that is an argumentum ad hominem, or a logical fallacy attempting to link the validity of a premise to a characteristic or belief of the opponent advocating the premise.
X: Stop being a pseudo-intellectual.
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Tom O'Brien is the quintessence of a pseudo-intellectual.
He wants to become some sort of engineer, unfortunately his SAT scores don't synchronize.
Person 1:Why are you wearing that beige colored hat?
THOB: To my superior knowledge, I believe that such a hat is worthy enough to be placed upon my educated head...for no reason other than pleasure and sophistication.
Person 1: ...uh, stop trying to impress me with your faux intelligence, cretin.
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Attractive but stupid and morally bankrupt women like Michelle Bachman, Sarah Palin, and Anne Coulter, who work for the Republican and Tea Parties making unjustice sound just.
You could call Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh "intellectual prostitutes" but that would demean decent, hard working gigolos and male hookers.
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Word used by stupid, narrow minded and superficial people to describe things that they cannot possibly understand.
Billy: The Socratic Dialogues about Good and Justice are the product of intellectual masturbation.
Bob: But philosophy has put the basis of lawmaking and it's believed to be the mother of science, why do you use this derogatory term?
Billy: Uhh, whatever dude! I have more interesting things to do than listening to your bs! w00t! I am going to eat some salami and masturbate on some amateur porn! w00t!
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An intellectual whore is someone who sells out their intellect to any subject, however unlikely, undeserving or unworthy, in the pursuit of personal gain / kudos / attention or basically just to show off.
My incredibly clever friend who used to write underground 'zines is now making millions marketing merchandise to the 'youth'. He is such an intellectual whore - he'll lay his brain down in anybody's bed if the price is right.
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Talking about important subjects rationally and objectively and making perfect sense but not taking action towards helping the situations.
Examples of Intellectual Masturbation: Saying things like "If all the rich people in the world gave X % of their money, a lot of world problems would be solved." , or "The money that goes into American Idol could save millions of lives." without doing anything about the issues.
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a person who knows a lot about sex. Not just having it(though that is the best way to learn) Not only from the primal perspective but also on a scientific and intellectual level. This person knows about and can discuss sex from a practical point of view.
Jill: Why does a woman get wet when she's having sex?
Kate: I dont kno. Ask Melly, She's the sexual intellectual
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