Masculine

Fachidiot

Meaning

fachidiot (a specialist expert who is ignorant outside of their specialty)

Concepts

Translations

norio

nerd

غِيك

مُهَوَّس

اِنْطِوَائِيّ

neurde

σπασίκλας

غيك

syndrome de l'expert

φυτό

نِيرْد

Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈfaχʔiˌdi̯oːt]
Etymology

Functionally Fach + Idiot, perhaps from Fachidiotismus (1885), in common use since the late 1960s.

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