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- noun Plural form of
egghead .
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Suffice it to say, the random abstract things Miron or even Hoppe suggests get them labelled "eggheads" and reviled/ignored by the political foundations that create Horowitz just as much as anyone else.
Libertarianism at Harvard, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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By framing elites as talking down to the poor and working class, Sarah Palin, with the right slick ad men, could mobilize that same type of sentiment against the elitist "eggheads" of the Democratic Party.
Mike Elk: Liberal Elitism Will Make Sarah Palin President - How Only Union Organizing Can Stop It 2009
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Calling eggheads "eggheads" is hardly an insult, it's a common phrase, and doesn't imply an insult, it's a kind of joke.
Why not qualify the taking away of virtual objects as theft? 2008
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is calling on 'eggheads' to help the military unravel questions about the recruitment of terrorists, the resurgence of the Taliban and messages delivered in militant Muslim religious schools.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Military's Social Science Grants Raise Alarm 2008
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I disagree with your comments about "eggheads," and I'm happy to take it up on my blog.
Why not qualify the taking away of virtual objects as theft? 2008
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Calling eggheads "eggheads" is hardly an insult, it's a common phrase, and doesn't imply an insult, it's a kind of joke.
Why not qualify the taking away of virtual objects as theft? 2008
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The public doesn't seem to trust or want intellectuals, "eggheads," or professorial types.
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OpEdNews - Quicklink: Military's Social Science Grants Raise Alarm 2008
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But they don't call these guys "eggheads" for nothing.
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Calling scientists "eggheads" for doing what they do is reactionary and anti-science.
Letter to the editor joshenglish 2006
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