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Are there more pejorative and disparaging sayings about people who actually know things than about people who pretend to know things? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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I’m talking about derogatory terms like “nerd,” “geek,” “wise-ass,” and so on, as well as sayings like “nobody likes a smart aleck.”

It seems to me that these terms and expressions are used much more frequently in the business world than derogatory terms like “show-off,” “charlatan,” “fraud,” and so on.

I can’t even think of a commonly used saying for the latter. Only: “Fake it till you make it,” which is really more of a reinforcement of the idea that knowledge isn’t very valuable.

Is it just my impression?

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[–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Whether OP realises it or not, that is definitely a valid way of interpreting "people who pretend to know things" . I think there's somehow some miscommunication in this thread

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