STEMlord

English

Etymology

From STEM +‎ -lord.

Noun

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, 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.

See also

• scientism