Brain-damaged

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Suffering from an injury to the brain.
  2. 2
    Poorly designed; obviously wrong. derogatory, slang

Synonyms

All synonyms
catatoniccretinousdementeddisturbedmanic depressiveneurotic

Etymology

Etymology 1

From brain + damaged.

Etymology 2

Generalization of “Honeywell Brain Damage” (HBD), a notional disease invented to explain certain poor design decisions in Honeywell Multics.

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