egghead
nounUS /ˈɛɡˌhɛd/
Etymology From egg + head.
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Derogatory A bald person, especially a man.
- Then no one will know whether you are a genuine egghead or not. Besides, completely bald men are more sensual.1993, Richard Sandomir, The Joy of Baldness: Men with less hair — and the women who love them, page 164:
- His own image as a bald man - egghead - with glasses aids this perception.2005, Clare O'Farrell, Michel Foucault, page 1:
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- Contemporaries remembered him, for instance, as an egghead, bald as a billiard ball, and an “obese Napoleon."2018, Balázs Apor, The Invisible Shining: The Cult of Mátyás Rákosi in Stalinist Hungary, 1945-1956, page 52:
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A bald head.
- But at the top of the "egghead", the blood vessels become pinched and the flow is blocked.1962, The Pakistan Review - Volume 10, page Page 43:
- At one point he even lifts his cap to reveal an egghead bald-cap atop white hair and spectacles.2002, Robert Ross, The Complete Terry Thomas, page 87:
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- Many shave their entire head at the first sign of hair loss, believing that chicks prefer an egghead to a comb-over.2010, Jena Pincott, Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?:, page 81:
- His shoulders were so misshapen they almost met over his sunken chest and they were topped by a pointy egghead, bald but for a few short sproutings of hair.2015, Christopher Rush, Penelope's Web:
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Derogatory An intellectual, especially one who is insensitive, pedantic, or out of touch.
- Just because some of you eggheads spend half your life in college don't mean you've got any monopoly on good common sense.1963, Guy McCord [pseudonym; Mack Reynolds], The Common Man:
- Derived terms
- eggheadery
- Related terms
- wonk