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pointy-head

noun

  1. pejorative,  an intellectual

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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  • pointy-headed adjective
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I can only guess the pointy-head boss must have been behind this.

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The next time your local pub pointy-head starts rambling about collateralised debt obligations, just remember he probably doesn’t even know how to tie his own shoelaces.

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There’s fat chance that Donald will pay the slightest bit of attention to what pointy-head professors think, which reinforces their concerns that the US constitution is in for a blistering time.

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Wallace complained about "pointy-head college professors, who can't even park a bicycle straight."

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Contemporary sportswriters, who disapproved of Tunney’s bookishness, sometimes made fun of him for associating with such a pointy-head.

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