geek, nerd, dweeb, egghead, number cruncher, curmudgeon, budgeteer, poobah, nitpicker, windbag, junkie, dork, brainiac, luddite, dilettante, bloviation, penny pincher, pencil pusher, bozo, spinmeister, ninny, bloviator, maven, dweeby, blockhead, gadfly, arcana, blabbermouth, weirdo, wonky, blowhard, dolt, doofus, ignoramus, pontificator, pragmatist, naysayer, savant, hackery, wackjob, crapola, blather, gasbag, smartypants, moron, twit, grump, denizen, scribbler, grumbler, schmoozer, weenie, fussbudget, wiz, rube, newshound, bureaucratese, bureaucrat, goober, dabbler, milquetoast, cynic, fanboy, tightwad, politico, fetishist, dullard, schmoe, bitsy, punster, wordsmith, nitwit, cruncher, techie, jargon, establishmentarian, yenta, speechwriter, wuss, uber, guru, waffly, codger, tree hugger, dunce, naderite, dittohead, mumbler, basher, pundit, apparatchik, shlub, dunderheads, fogy, fearmonger, yalie, mumbo jumbo, bookworm, technocrat, masochist, wimp

learner, scholar

grind, swot