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This tag is for questions seeking a single word that fits a meaning. To ensure that your question is not closed as off-topic, please be specific about the intended use of the word. INCLUDE A SAMPLE SENTENCE demonstrating how the word would be used. Click on "Info", or "View Tag" and "Learn more..." for more information. Please use the [phrase-requests] tag if you seek a phrase and the [terminology] tag if you seek a term in a specialized subject also.
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What term is used to refer to quiz bowl players?
Quizzer may be used for a quiz bowl player, at least in some places. There are several examples in this Wikipedia article and related articles. This usage appears to be very informal, as I could not f …
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Word for someone seeming deep and intelligent, but not really being that
Sophomoric suggests both limited experience and pretensions of knowledge:
suggestive of or resembling the traditional sophomore; intellectually pretentious, overconfident, conceited, etc., but imm …
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What do you call the rhetoric strategy of purposely writing a paragraph that no one can unde...
If a writer or speaker appears to be making a topic complicated or confusing, obfuscate comes to mind:
to make (something) more difficult to understand
Politicians keep obfuscating the issues …
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What is the word or term used to describe a person who intentionally ignores a rule/regulati...
Rogue is another possibility.
From Merriam-Webster:
used to describe something or someone that is different from others in
usually a dangerous or harmful way
From dictionary.reference.com:
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