[bolaft]

> French have "intello", a derogatory term for intellectual types

"Intello" is not derogatory, it's just short for intellectual.

[coldtea]

Well:

intello m, f (plural intellos) (informal, derogatory) highbrow (informal, derogatory) nerd, egghead

Also, "intello coincée" and such.

It can also stand for just shorthand, as many terms have dual informal derogatory and friendly use (for that matter, geek has also been used positively in the US as well for a few decades).

[rntksi]

It can be derogatory. But yes it's not that commonly used as a defamatory comment.