A grinder.
*SNYeURK*
Honest answer though? Immaturity. And I don't mean immaturity in the sense most people think, like acting like a kid or making silly puns or having fun. I actually mean a "lacking in character". Someone who prouds themselves or belittles others because they don't feel their behaviour is appropriate of someone worthwhile, and holds this ego that they're "into the finer things" or have a sense of "I'm smarter".
It's because it's hypocritical to me. Character, or maturity, is having a great sense of grounding and understanding of who you are, both downfalls and strengths, accepting them, and being willing to take liability of them even if it sets him apart from the group. He's not looking for others validation, he's not looking for "the amount of debates" he's won, and when he's wrong or proven wrong, he'll often accept it. He'll not play to trying to besmirch others in order to maintain face, and he's willing to both accept the childish and immature actions he does for what they are, as well as recognize his own means to actualizing greater things within his life or the communities.
When I meet people who are trying to stand on the heads of others to get to the top of a ladder, or even do the whole "ugh I hate i'm popular" spiel as a means of "kinda bragging but not really" instead of fully accepting that he does care and at least openly brag about it. It shows a weakness in character, it's ugly, it shows someone who hasn't learned how to react to the dynamics of social situations and recognize that in the end it's about learning acceptance and formalities to accommodate and lift others in need, and instead has became this cancer, forever trying to re-enforce how "proper" or "high brow" or "smart" they are at the expense of others. And when people praise them, the action will not matter, but rather the person who praised them instead - if the other person is worthwhile, they'll return it in a "humble brag" fashion, and if it's done by a lowly person, it will be met with curt acknowledgement at best. And it's painful, because the "lowly fan", is often more honest, and more open, and with more character to put themselves in that situation to be "measured through response" than the person they praise, and neither will recognize that.
Because they may be intelligence, and they may legitimately prefer the decorum and content within high society, but it will never be to the extent they're trying to re-enforce their own self identity on. They, instead of simply appreciating it and using it to find similarities between them and others of all walks of life, will use it to cover their own pathetic problems and unresolved childhood issues, they'll never claim to try something they might fail at, and they'll always be looking to group-think to try and push red-herring scape goats on others.
They're cowards, and they're petty.
