brain-damaged
English
editEtymology 1
editAdjective
editbrain-damaged (comparative more brain-damaged, superlative most brain-damaged)
Etymology 2
editGeneralization of “Honeywell Brain Damage” (HBD), a notional disease invented to explain certain poor design decisions in Honeywell Multics.[1]
Adjective
editbrain-damaged (comparative more brain-damaged, superlative most brain-damaged)
Usage notes
edit- This is a harsh insult, suggesting that the mistake is so egregious that only a brain-damaged person could have committed it.
References
edit- ^ “brain-damaged”, in The Jargon File, 2008 June 27 (last accessed)