Learn English – Word to describe a person who knows the names of things without knowing how they work

single-word-requests

Benjamin Franklin once said,

“What signifies knowing the names, if you know not the nature of
things?”

I'm wondering if there is a single word to describe a person like this.

E.g:

1)A word to describe a person who collects cars but doesn't know how cars work.

2)A word to describe a person who puts computers together with out knowing how computers function.

Best Answer

We call it feeling maayo. It means someone who feels he/she is good at something but he/she really isn't.

Or feeling brayt, from English feeling + bright, someone who thinks he/she is smart.

In the same structure:

  • feeling gwapa - thinks she's pretty but really not.
  • feeling dato - social climber
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