STEMlord

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English

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Etymology

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From STEM +‎ -lord.

Noun

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STEMlord (plural STEMlords)

  1. (slang, derogatory) A self-important, condescending person with a background and/or interest in a STEM field, particularly one who disparages the humanities.
    • 2017, April Daniels, Sovereign, unnumbered page:
      "Yeah, Myra's basically a communist. I can't imagine how much they had had to offer to get her to agree to work for a bunch of right-wing STEMlords."
    • 2020 February 17, Tom Leach, “Toast of the Week”, in The Courier, Newcastle University, page 9:
      Oh, the people who study the humanities...the butt of jokes told by unwashed STEM-lords, by overdressed business students with overinflated egos, considered prime wasters of time and money.
    • 2021, Ali Hazelwood, The Love Hypothesis[1], page 362:
      I've long learned that engaging with basement-dwelling STEMlords who come online looking for a fight is never a good idea — the last thing I want is to provide free entertainment for their fragile egos.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:STEMlord.

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