pointy-head

[poin-tee-hed-id]

point·y-head·ed

[poin-tee-hed-id]
adjective Slang: Disparaging.
1.
stupid; idiotic.
2.
intellectual, especially in a self-important or impractical way.

Origin:
1970–75, Americanism

point·y-head, noun
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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pointy-head
 
n
censorious, informal chiefly (US) an intellectual
 
'pointy-headed
 
adj

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pointy-head definition


  1. n.
    a studious thinker; an intellectual. (See also conehead.) : The pointy-heads seem to be living in a world of their own.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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