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Brillaint
A word to describe a person (or thing) who at first seems brilliant, but after the briefest of inspections it becomes apparent that they aint.
Brillaint by MingoBingo November 5, 2016
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Berilla • Bearilla • brillant • Barilla • Bertilla • borilla • Brillaint • barilla pasta • Berila • Berilliant
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.
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.
Brillazing
Where both the word brilliant and amazing combine to make a super cool new word that is on a whole new level of brilliant and amazing.
Brillazing by MrJointMan September 2, 2009
Bearilla
Bearilla by Deondre Duncan October 17, 2003
barilla
(v) when one man anally fists another. This is a neologism, like "Santorum," inspired by the CEO of the pasta company, Guido Barrilla, making anti-gay comments. To quote Patton Oswalt, "Fuck the boycott. Do some real damage; from this point on, the slang term for a man-to-man fisting is a "barilla.""
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square grouper by slipsheet November 6, 2004
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Bunhead
A girl who does ballet and only talks about ballet. Her schedule is filled with dance classes which does not allow her to do any other activity.
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A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
trucker's tan by population361 May 30, 2006
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kidulting by Emotional Cruiser October 12, 2025
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Boffin
British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”
Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.