beemo
n.— «Neither dictionary mentions “beemo,” the mildly pejorative word for a zealous student that haunted my 1970s childhood in central Massachusetts.» —“Pixies, Sheilas, Dirtbags and Cougar Bait: Modern Slang” by Caleb Crain Nation Dec. 10, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Old. Elderly. Senior. Why are we so uncomfortable when we talk about reaching a certain point in life? An 82-year-old seeks a more positive term to describe how she feels about her age. And: a linguist helps solve a famous kidnapping case, using the...
Tracy in Beaufort, North Carolina, says her grandmother, aunts, and uncles used to try to calm down an upset or bossy person with Well, don’t get astorperious! You might debubiate! In the work of Zora Neale Hurston and in Harlem Renaissance...
A similar term I used growing up in New Jersey in the 1970’s was “Bomar”… this came from a high-end calculator of the time called a Bomar Brain, so the term denoted a brainiac of a kid. BTW, I didn’t find “Bomar” in this dictionary, so I may need to add it.