Brainiac

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1970s: from the name of a supremely intelligent alien character in the Superman comic strip, probably from a blend of brain and maniac.


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Blend of  brain +‎  maniac, with influence from ENIAC, the name of an early computer. The term was coined in the Superman comic book and first appeared in Action Comics #242 in July, 1958. 


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brainiac (n.)

"very smart person," 1982, U.S. slang, from brain (n.) + ending from ENIAC, etc. Brainiac also was the name of a comic book villain in the Superman series and a do-it-yourself computer building kit, both from the late 1950s, and the word may bear traces of either or both of these.