Definition

A jab at someone claiming impossibly high intelligence while demonstrating the opposite—when someone's IQ is supposedly through the roof but their decision-making is rock-bottom. A humorous way of saying their supposed genius exists only in their own marketing.

Example Usage

He claims a 189 IQ but still can't figure out how to unmute himself on Zoom—that's peak 189 IQ energy.

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