Are there more pejorative and disparaging sayings about people who actually know things than about people who pretend to know things?
Are there more pejorative and disparaging sayings about people who actually know things than about people who pretend to know things?
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?