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brillant 

Being incompetent, having a grossly inflated sense of one's competence, and possibly being lazy too, with the result being a very bad (or non-working) design or implementation. Often used in conjunction with the name "Paula". Originates from a post on The Daily WTF (an online forum discussing examples of bad programming practices) where a lazy programmer named Paula had coded exactly five lines of Java for a major project in several months and had managed to bullshit her way through weekly meetings regarding her progress. One of the lines was:

private String paula = "Brillant";

whose sheer elementariness, inappropriateness in production code, narcissism and self-inflation, with a weird spelling for "Brillant" on top of everything else, was deemed memorable.
"Have a separate table for each customer instead of a field in a single table? That's brillant!"
brillant by AnonGoat June 11, 2006

Ballantine Ale 

An american ale, originally made in Newark, NJ but is now made elsewhere. Still found primarily on the East Coast and New Jersey. Often sold in 40oz bottles and pint cans. my favorite cheap beer straight up. dont get it twisted this is not 'malt liquour' like OE, Colt45, etc. Drank by old men, gangstaz, derelicts, and beer lovers alike!

first beer i got smashed on face down in the snow.
i bought a six pack of 16oz Ballantine Ales for 5 bux.
Ballantine Ale by Tseong Dukez January 30, 2009
best latin american last name ever
yo that badilla is awesome
badilla by skatebro123 January 24, 2017

brillant 

Not to be confused with brilliant.

Adjective, indicating an amazing lack of skill coupled with an incredible blindness to aforementioned lack of skill.
package test;

public class paulaBean {

private String paula = "Brillant";

public String getPaula() {
return paula;
}
}
brillant by Cyresse September 11, 2005

Ballantines Day

Instead of spending February 14 with a lover/partner, you spend it alone with a bottle of Ballantines scotch whiskey.
Herb : Are you taking the mrs out for a romantic valentines day dinner?

Murray : Nah mate, I don't celebrate that hallmark holiday. I'm celebrating Ballantines Day instead.....probably won't be in to work tomorrow....or in a relationship.

ballantic 

(adj) a classy version of the word "baller" or "awesome." It can be used in common speech or at high class cocktail parties. It is derived from the French word "ballant," meaning "loose" or "dangling."
Wow, that's a ballantic sweater vest you have over there.

Abe Lincoln's top hat was quite ballantic.

Jay-Z presents himself in a very ballantic fashion.

This caviar is ballantic!
ballantic by ballanticbro November 1, 2010
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Northstarring

Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
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Plate of Brown 

A plate of brown consists of foods that have little to no nutritional value, and are typically deep fried. A true plate of brown will also be accompanied by a dark soda.
Wanna go to meal hall & grab a plate of brown?
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Larpenomics

When finance content creators rent out fancy cars and flex cash to seem richer than they really are in order to promote and sell their “get rich quick” courses.
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