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Brain Drain

An informal term referring to the mass emigration/exodus of highly intelligent/skilled individuals, such as scientists, historians, scholars or writers, from their country of origin, due to social and/or political upheaval, repression of free speech, or administrative attacks on intellectual institutions.

A notable example of this phenomenon would be the exodus of Albert Einstein, who fled to the United States to escape persecution under the Nazi regime.
"the current administration has brought about a new brain drain, as a sizeable number of notable individuals in intellectual fields have left the country behind in hopes of better prospects and more freedom in their work."
by queenofcringe October 23, 2025
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Broke Brain Virus

A bug that does the opposite of the Woke Brain Virus, making people believe that landowners have the right to violently impose their will on people using the resources of the land the claim to own and that people who oppose the will of people claiming ownership of land should be able to dictate government policy are mentally ill from the Woke Brain Virus and are enemies of the state.
All of the anti-transgender executive orders are the result of the broke brain virus working in President Trump and his base.
by WhistleBlower0013 January 29, 2025
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did your brain evaporate

another way of saying someone is stupid.
kenny: who was the first president?
steve: did you brain evaporate? it’s george washington.

kenny: my bad i’m slow.

did your brain evaporate? another way of saying someone is stupid.
by Rlendnsnsk April 7, 2020
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BRAIN LUBE

COFFEE; a hot drink that acts as a brain lubricant; or stimulates brain function
To get his mind functioning properly for the test on differential equations, Axel stopped at Starbucks for a cup of brain lube.
by BCATThompson October 7, 2021
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brained out

The effects of feeling brain-o-ed, mnagled headed, heid fried. May cause you to collapse.
"Got proper brained out earlier on, need some drugs"
by fronter23 December 9, 2009
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Scuttery Brains

Just pure dung skee wa
"aw he's pure scuttery brains"
by Sean D Kelly March 13, 2025
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Small Brain

A certain definition for that doesn't happen to be the truth. Certain definitions on Urban Dictionary don't happen to be the truth. Certain messages on Urban Dictionary don't happen to be the truth. A certain definition for that doesn't happen to be the truth. Not "When someone is a small brain they are not smart and have the smallest of brain's" from WhyAPenny. Also not "People with small brain typically are named Roger and Bo" from WhyAPenny. /
There is a Small Brain.
by JordanJohnsonistheone September 6, 2022
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