brain-damaged

English

Etymology 1

brain +‎ damaged

Adjective

brain-damaged (comparative more brain-damaged, superlative most brain-damaged)

  1. Suffering from an injury to the brain.

Etymology 2

Generalization of “Honeywell Brain Damage” (HBD), a notional disease invented to explain certain poor design decisions in Honeywell Multics.[1]

Adjective

brain-damaged (comparative more brain-damaged, superlative most brain-damaged)

  1. (computing, slang, derogatory) Poorly designed; obviously wrong.
    Synonyms: cretinous, demented
Usage notes
  • This is a harsh insult, suggesting that the mistake is so egregious that only a brain-damaged person could have committed it.

References
  1. “brain-damaged”, in The Jargon File, 2008 June 27 (last accessed)
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