In spite of her love of reading she denied being an egghead. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Stevenson too, was the original Left Wing, Progressive, "egghead" coined by Joe Alsop. From Wordnik.com. [The F-Team] Reference
Les, here in Illinois you mention "egghead" and someone will quote. From Wordnik.com. [Stupid Evil Bastard] Reference
The 'egghead' sneer was quickly dropped when Sputnik whooshed across. From Wordnik.com. [New Statesman] Reference
As a child you were a self-described "egghead," far more interested in baseball than basketball. From Wordnik.com. [Comments for David Thayer] Reference
David J clearly sees anyone with an education as an "egghead" and uses this tragic incident to assert his supposed superiority. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
Her supporters accuse her critics of snobbery: Maybe she's not a big "egghead" but she has brilliant instincts and inner toughness. From Wordnik.com. [No More Mister Nice Blog] Reference
Tagging an intellectual as an "egghead" or labeling a passionate partisan as a "nut case" is using an epithet, or mildly disparaging word. From Wordnik.com. [pshares blog] Reference
"egghead" but she has brilliant instincts and inner toughness. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
Page 16 because they classed you as an egghead. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Martha W. Evans, June 26, 1974. Interview A-0318. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
This strategy is an egghead legal/accounting angle. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Camp, Getting Down To Business, Slams Hillary On Tax Returns] Reference
Not the kind of fantasies you have in mind, egghead. From Wordnik.com. [Ann Leary: College Admissions Tours: 5 Helpful Tips For Parents] Reference
And the best in show, well this year he's an egghead. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 15, 2006] Reference
In egghead circles, she rated as a psi expert, all right. From Wordnik.com. [Card Trick] Reference
Galbraith was not the only egghead to get into the groove. From Wordnik.com. [A Night to Remember] Reference
One father told Knotts he didn't want his son labeled an egghead. From Wordnik.com. [Talented and Gifted: In one year, she taught her students to see the wonders of their talents -- then and forever] Reference
"You're too smart for your own britches, egghead," Crowley snarled. From Wordnik.com. [The Common Man] Reference
Then he said, with great force, "Shut up, you f – – king egghead!". From Wordnik.com. [Vulcans Never, Ever Smile] Reference
Teenage ticket-buyers may not give a darn about egghead-talk overtones. From Wordnik.com. [We’re All Trekkies Now] Reference
Obama needs to hit back with an emotional strategy, not an egghead one. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Camp, Getting Down To Business, Slams Hillary On Tax Returns] Reference
Make all the commies and socialists and these egghead liberals, illegal. From Wordnik.com. [The Common Man] Reference
Anyone who is aware of the world around them is an out-of-touch egghead. From Wordnik.com. [Caroline Presno: Behar Takes Heat on The View for Calling Palin's Statement Dumb] Reference
But she also -- again, this is this egghead, ditto head divide they have. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 26, 2008] Reference
Which itself is a surprise, he's no spring chicken, egghead or no egghead. From Wordnik.com. [God Particle] Reference
Who hasn't seen a real-life egghead, a scar or some unidentifiable growth?. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Smerconish: The Smerconish Guide to Shear Ecstasy] Reference
That's the real world, not the Fantasy Island, egghead, ivory tower I heard today. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 9, 2006] Reference
Being an egghead is another professional identity the white working class distrusts. From Wordnik.com. [Joan Williams: How Barack Obama Can Win White Working Class Votes] Reference
TRUMP: It's designed by an egghead architect, a guy who really, I mean give me a break. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 18, 2005] Reference
ROBERTS: Do you think it helps the public perception that he is aloof and nerdy and an egghead?. From Wordnik.com. ['Shop Talk': Should Shirley Sherrod Sue Andrew Breitbart?] Reference
WESTHOVEN: You've got to be quite a kid, though -- quite an egghead to appreciate that in your stocking. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 2, 2006] Reference
Plus, an egghead wins the Westminster Dog Show, and believe it or not, that's a compliment from the judges. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 15, 2006] Reference
He doesn't care if a policy egghead would point out that we're out eight million jobs since the start of the recession. From Wordnik.com. [Gene Epstein, Philanthropist, Will Donate $1,000 To Charity Every Time A Business Hires An Unemployed Person] Reference
COSTELLO: Trump criticizing the Freedom Tower project which is now being reworked, saying it was designed by a "egghead architect.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 18, 2005] Reference
One criticism of your book will no doubt be that you are an egghead sellout fromThe New York Timesand aren't a true conservative anyway. From Wordnik.com. [Requiem for the Right] Reference
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