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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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Derived Forms

  • ˈpointy-ˌheaded, adjective
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Example Sentences

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

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.

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.

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

From Slate

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

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