This phrase is a combination of the two phrases: the smartest guy in the room, and the sharpest tool in the shed. The phrases are practically identical in meaning, so combining the phrases is a move of a literary genius. The phrase: the smartest tool in the shed means the smartest tool in a hypothetical shed.
He’s not the smartest tool in the shed, it takes him a little bit to understand.
He might be the smartest tool in the shed, but that doesn’t make him a good person.
He might be the smartest tool in the shed, but that doesn’t make him a good person.
by Gmannetje June 27, 2022
Get the Smartest Tool in the Shedmug. a piece of software that carries out a particular function, typically creating or modifying another program.
by Arminkshipper August 9, 2024
Get the toolmug. A group of five or more people acting or dressed like tools in public, especially occupying the same booth at a restaurant.
Also abbreviated to "Shed" i.e. "Don't look now, but they're building a shed by the Student Center"
Also abbreviated to "Shed" i.e. "Don't look now, but they're building a shed by the Student Center"
Stay away from Hollister, that place is a total Tool Shed.
God damn, a Tool Shed just sat at the next booth.
God damn, a Tool Shed just sat at the next booth.
by Tonaho April 28, 2011
Get the Tool Shedmug. A person who is unknowingly manipulated or exploited by others.
• This individual might be naive, easily fooled, or lack the awareness to recognize when they're being used to achieve someone else's agenda.
• They might be considered "clueless" in their inability to discern the motives of those around them or their role as a "tool" or pawn in someone else's scheme.
• An expert manipulator often allows the “tool” to believe the agenda is his (tool’s) own idea.
See: Project 2025
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• This individual might be naive, easily fooled, or lack the awareness to recognize when they're being used to achieve someone else's agenda.
• They might be considered "clueless" in their inability to discern the motives of those around them or their role as a "tool" or pawn in someone else's scheme.
• An expert manipulator often allows the “tool” to believe the agenda is his (tool’s) own idea.
See: Project 2025
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The boys in Tom Sawyer's neighborhood were clueless tools. easily manipulated into paying Tom for the "privilege" of whitewashing the fence.
by wfb.sage August 19, 2025
Get the Clueless Toolmug. 1. Someone who tries too hard.
2. Typically a poser.
3. A fake person.
4. Someone does things to impress people other people
5. One who tries too hard to ingratiate themselves to others, in order to be liked, or to get votes.
2. Typically a poser.
3. A fake person.
4. Someone does things to impress people other people
5. One who tries too hard to ingratiate themselves to others, in order to be liked, or to get votes.
by alexthetool June 13, 2011
Get the Toolmug. by Solid Mantis August 2, 2019
Get the Toolmug.