意い識しき高たかい系けい

noun

try-hard; person overly conscious about appearing interesting or enlightened

Colloquial, often derogatory term for someone who tries too hard to seem cultured, socially aware, or intellectually superior, especially on social media. Derived from the phrase 意識が高い (having high awareness).

See also: 意識が高い

• 彼かれはいつも難むずかしい本ほんの写しゃ真しんをSNSに上あげている、いわゆる意い識しき高たかい系けいだ。

  He's always posting photos of difficult books on social media—a classic try-hard.

• 意い識しき高たかい系けいの学がく生せいがやたらとスタートアップの話はなしをする。

  Those try-hard students keep going on about startups.