brainiac
pronunciation
How to pronounce brainiac in British English:
UK ['breɪnɪæk]
How to pronounce brainiac in American English:
US ['breɪnɪæk]
Word Origin
- brainiac (n.)
- "very smart person," 1982, U.S. slang, from brain (n.) + ending from ENIAC, etc. Brainiac also was the name of a comic book villain in the Superman series and a do-it-yourself computer building kit, both from the late 1950s, and the word may bear traces of either or both of these.
Example
- 1. How is that not a brainiac ?
- 2. You 're a real brainiac to bring up this idea !
- 3. So everybody can call me a freak and a brainiac ?
- 4. I mean , everyone knows what a brainiac you are .
- 5. This is all becauseof brainiac , isn 't it ?