pointy-headed
Americanadjective
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stupid; idiotic.
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intellectual, especially in a self-important or impractical way.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of pointy-headed
An Americanism dating back to 1970–75
Example Sentences
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This is going to sound really pointy-headed, but I came to understand that metaphor, as we understand it in fiction, isn't something that lives in books.
From Salon • May 26, 2020
Jim Crow was defeated in the courts, not at the polls — as it happens, by pointy-headed civil rights lawyers.
From Washington Post • Jun. 12, 2017
But, as Mrs. Hughes says, enough with the pointy-headed philosophizing.
From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2016
Meaning, the community has an identity that is tied to a kind of pointy-headed hipsterness to which I just don’t relate.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2015
“We were able to show them that those pointy-headed Dilbert caricatures actually make a difference to their jobs,” says Jennifer Kurkoski, a PiLab analyst.
From Slate • Jan. 21, 2013
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