Intellectual Masturbation

i.e. this is when one derives sexual pleasure contemplating an object or subject, and/or overthinking something outwith their expertise resulting in grandiosity from confirmation bias

She spent her days in intellectual masturbation over the one that got away...

eminent intellectual

An intellectual is someone who spends a lot of time studying and thinking about complicated ideas.
Highly respected person.

Our ancestors were eminent intellectual.

Intellectual poisoning

The state of body shut down one goes through after excess studying. Usually happens to college students during finals week. Symptoms include problems communicating to others, ability to stay away, and physical exhaustion.

Damn Billy got intellectual poisoning after preparing for the physics final

intellectual juggernaught

Anybody who is a member of the Flaxton Book Club. They are really smart.

Hey look! there's Stanley, hes an intellectual juggernaught!!

intellectual crush

1. someone special you love learning theory with

2. your special protest buddy

3. someone who will make time to do local organizing work with you
a cute nerd anyone who fulfills any of the above

"K is my intellectual crush. He's so smart and I love discussing intellectual topics with them."

"My intellectual crush is so cute. She fascinates me with her deep intellectual articles they send me."

Scream intellectual

An 'intellectual' person that comes from the following social categories or vocations: sports, celebrity, revolutionary, entertaining, academic (social science only), media

I called them a scream intellectual because they seem to have outsized political clout compared to their political critical thinking skills and simply make a lot of political noise as a result. A scream intellectual would be someone like Robert DeNiro and Taylor Swift and Al Sharpton.

s.c.r.e.a.m intellectual

"Intellectuals" from certain social categories and vocations that don't deserve any political opinion or outsized political clout as individuals.

the s.c.r.e.a.m intellectual would be from the following categories or vocations: s (sports), c

( celebrity), r (revolutionary), e (entertainment and art), a ("academia", specifically social science), m ( media).

A s.c.r.e.a.m intellectual like Travis Kelce or Taylor Swift or Oprah or Robert Deniro have too much political clout 🤔 in the modern world.