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ˈegg-head, egghead colloq. (orig. U.S.).
[f. egg n. + head n.]
An intellectual, a ‘highbrow’. Also attrib. So eggheadish a.; eggheadery, eggheadism.
1907O. Johnson in Sat. Even. Post 16 Nov. 9/1 His genius lived in the nicknames of the Egghead,..Morning Glory, [etc.]. c1918C. Sandburg Let. (deposited in Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, Toledo, Ohio), Dear N. D...‘Egg heads’ is the slang here for editorial writers. 1952Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer 27 Sept. 10/3 A good many intelligent people..obviously admired Stevenson. ‘Sure,’ was the reply, ‘all the egg heads love Stevenson.’ 1952N.Y. Times 19 Oct. E1/7 Writers of letters to editors tend to be in the intellectual or ‘egg⁓head’ category where Stevenson sentiment is strong. 1953R. Chandler Long Good-Bye xlvii. 289, I told him I didn't think it would do Springer any harm. ‘Only with the eggheads.’ 1954Daily Tel. 23 Mar., Mr. Stevenson..said..‘Eggheads of the world, unite—you have nothing to lose but your yolks.’ ‘Eggheads’ is a derogatory description for intellectuals in America. 1955Sci. Amer. Apr. 2/3, I fear that, while publicly unspoken, anti-intellectualism and suspicion of ‘eggheads’ may have been a factor. 1956N.Y. Times Mag. 9 Sept. 68/3 People said it was ‘eggheadism’ or ‘moderation’. 1957Listener 2 May 725/2 A former American ambassador to India and one of the Democratic Party's leading egg-heads. 1960Ibid. 13 Oct. 627/1 This autumn six British firms are trying out one special kind of paper-back—the ‘egghead’ or quality or highbrow paper-back. 1962Punch 30 May 827/1 The theatre (alas for would-be eggheadery) is nowadays scarcely noticed at all. 1963Times 25 Feb. (Canada Suppl.) p. xiv/4 Often excessively eggheadish in their choice of material, these little dramatic islands have still proved [etc.]. 1963New Society 26 Sept. 4/1 There is a reaction against eggheadery in America. 1965Spectator 22 Jan. 98/1 Not all American egg-heads are equally self satisfied about the standard of their own criticism. |