conehead
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North American An intellectual, academic, or technical specialist perceived as socially awkward, overly pedantic, or out of touch with ordinary life (slang).
"The marketing team worried that the manual was written by a bunch of coneheads who forgot how regular customers actually talk."
Any of various katydids of the subfamily Copiphorinae (family Tettigoniidae), found in grassy and marshy habitats worldwide and characterized by a distinct, forward-projecting conical head.
"While surveying the tall marsh grass at dusk, the entomologist heard the high-pitched buzz of a conehead."
Australian A habitual marijuana smoker, so called from the cone-shaped bowl of a water pipe or bong (slang).
"He spent his early twenties living in a share house with a couple of unemployed coneheads."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed as a compound of 'cone' and 'head'; the slang sense for an out-of-touch intellectual or eccentric person was popularized in the late 1970s by a recurring sketch on the television show Saturday Night Live featuring bald, conical-skulled aliens.