Timeline for Light-hearted alternative for "very knowledgeable person"?
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| Jan 5, 2021 at 14:09 | comment | added | barbecue | @PeterCordes In popular culture, extensive knowledge is generally taken as a sign of intelligence, even though it may not be. | |
| Jan 5, 2021 at 5:52 | comment | added | Peter Cordes | Also, "brainiac" has connotations of general intelligence / problem-solving / thinking skills, moreso than knowledge. Often you need knowledge to be able to apply intelligence to a problem, and clever people often will have such knowledge in some areas, but that's not the part "brainiac" focuses on. | |
| Jan 5, 2021 at 5:49 | comment | added | Peter Cordes | Brainiac works for smart / knowledgeable in general, but just for the record, it doesn't work well if you want to limit the meaning to a specific subject matter. e.g. "Gerald is a calculus brainiac" doesn't sound good to my ear, and you certainly wouldn't say "Gerald is a brainiac at calculus". Comparing other answers, "calculus guru" or "calculus wizard" do work very well. That's not a problem with this answer, just a usage note to help future readers know what contexts they can use each one in. | |
| Jan 5, 2021 at 5:17 | history | edited | barbecue | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 5, 2021 at 5:11 | history | answered | barbecue | CC BY-SA 4.0 |