Adlai Stevenson II

American politician and diplomat (1900–1965); 31st governor of Illinois from 1949 to 1953 (1900–1965)

failed landing operation of Cuba in 1961

42nd quadrennial U.S. presidential election

43rd quadrennial U.S. presidential election

thumb|Adlai Stevenson II|Adlai Stevenson was called an "egghead" by [[Richard Nixon during the 1952 U.S. presidential race.]] In U.S. English slang, egghead is an epithet used to refer to intellectuals or people considered out-of-touch with ordinary people and lacking in realism, common sense, sexual interests, etc. on account of their intellectual interests. A similar, though not necessarily pejorative, British term is boffin. The term egghead reached its peak currency during the 1950s, when vice-presidential candidate Richard Nixon used it against Democratic Presidential nominee Adlai Steven