<p>Hm. I’m not sure I agree. There’s a very strange divide between “intellectual” and “intelligent,” and I think what you just described may fall more under the latter than the former. See, when I think “intellectual,” I think learned, but not necessarily smart. An intellectual is someone who knows a lot, and wants to show it. They probably think a lot, too, but not necessarily; it mostly has to do with how much they know and how often they use it. On the other hand, an intelligent person could be anyone; he doesn’t have to have learned anything in school so long as he knows enough to think coherently, creatively, and open-mindedly. I feel like you’re describing an intelligent person rather than an intellectual person. I can’t imagine calling anyone who behaved in a ghetto way necessarily “intellectual,” but I could definitely see one of them being extremely intelligent.</p>
<p>But that’s just my opinion about the distinction between the two words. Anyone else?</p>