brainiac

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I'm not a brainiac, I'm not a security buff, most of the material was somewhat new to me and reading for those 3 days was my first exposure.

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  1. noun Slang A highly intelligent person: "These companies are not hot Silicon Valley startups swarming with Gen-X brainiacs” (Ronald Henkoff).

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  • It was in junior high that he fell in with a problem crowd, after being teased for being a "brainiac," for belonging to math and chess clubs. —  zanesvilletimesrecorder.com - Local News
  • Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and comes off like a brainiac. —  Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
  • Is Sarah Palin so very different from liberal "brainiac" journalists believe a politician should be like that they have to comb through her personal life in search of all the details that shout that she would not fit in at their cocktail parties? —  Hyscience
  • I'm not a brainiac, I'm not a security buff, most of the material was somewhat new to me and reading for those 3 days was my first exposure. —  CertCities.com | IT Forums
  • Can things possibly get any worse for the brainiac billionaire? —  Fool.com: The Motley Fool
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  1. Probably from Brainiac, a highly intelligent villain in DC Comics, blend of brain and maniac.
 

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