testa d'uovo

Italian

Etymology

Calque of English egghead.

Noun

testa d'uovo f (plural teste d'uovo)

1. (humorous, derogatory) egghead (intellectual who is insensitive, pedantic, or out of touch)
   • 2017, Stranger Things, season 2, episode 3, spoken by Jim Hopper (David Harbour):

     Prendi i tuoi amici teste d'uovo, setacciate queste zone, fate le analisi... o quello che fate di solito, e vedete cosa viene fuori.

     You and your egghead friends go out there to every area on this map and you run your tests, or whatever the hell it is you do, and you see if anything comes up.

     (literally, “Take your egghead friends, comb through these areas, run the analyses... or whatever you typically do, and see what comes out.”)