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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
brainiac
 
SYLLABICATION:brain·i·ac
PRONUNCIATION:  brn-k
NOUN: Slang A highly intelligent person: “These companies are not hot Silicon Valley startups swarming with Gen-X brainiacs” (Ronald Henkoff, Fortune (online) November 25, 1996).
ETYMOLOGY:Probably from Brainiac, a highly intelligent villain in DC Comics, blend of brain and maniac.
 
 
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