Boss and Egghead

Boss

Boss noun - The person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do.

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Egghead and boss are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Egghead" instead a noun "Boss".

Nearby Words: bossy, bossed, bossing

Egghead noun - A person with strong intellectual interests.

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Boss and egghead are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Boss" instead a noun "Egghead".

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Executive Meddling: In-universe, Harris' boss (Woody Harrelson), wants a "more wacky, less egghead" weathercaster.

Source: Film / L.A. Story
Finally she dons a superheroine costume, outwits the Martians with her cunning, then jetpacks back to Earth and the office just in time to take a letter from her egghead boss stating that in his opinion there is no life on Mars.

Source: Mars Needs Women
After enduring a series of nightmarish tests (and being threatened by a number of bizarre aliens), she escapes on her own, hijacks a saucer and flies back home — all without her egghead boss noticing she was missing in the first place!

Source: Damsel out of Distress

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