Someone slow, dimwitted or stupid - another way of saying "Not the sharpest knife in the drawer". Also, someone who stands out in a crowd as being particularly unintelligent.
Marisa: Why does Eric even bother talking in class - he has no idea what he's talking about.
Michael: What do you expect? I mean he's not the brightest bulb in the chandelier!
Michael: What do you expect? I mean he's not the brightest bulb in the chandelier!
by SpencerDuhm March 15, 2009
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Brightie • Brighten • Brighting • brightness • Brightheart • brightina • brightism • brightwell • brighteast • Brighted
as defined by the reality TV show Forensic Mysteries on HLN, this a synonym phrase for "not the brightest person around"
boy 1) yo come to my backyard, i want to start a party by going out to weed
boy 2) are you an uptard, your dad, or mom will notice.
boy 1) nope my mom is not even home from work and my dad is not the brightest lightbulb in the chandelier, he will think we are trying to burn Cheetos on the barbecue or something.
boy 2) are you an uptard, your dad, or mom will notice.
boy 1) nope my mom is not even home from work and my dad is not the brightest lightbulb in the chandelier, he will think we are trying to burn Cheetos on the barbecue or something.
by Uncle Dimma March 16, 2013
Get the not the brightest lightbulb in the chandelier mug.A verb; the habitual act of achieving 'blackout' stage. To be brighted your motor skills must be absent, you are completely unaware of your current location and or surroundings and, most importantly, one must have a 40oz Magnum in there posession at all time.
Jimmy got so Brighted last night he found himself half naked in an alley behind JcPennys. Being in a half Brighted stage he staggers home to discover his wallet and cell phone missing. Curious of what happened Jimmy contacts his friends where he then discovers he jumped into an 87 Coupe DeVille late the night before.
by dArKeRtHnU April 9, 2010
Get the Brighted mug.Brighting used in Gang Stalking as a form of Torture or Threat
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a. This involves a vehicle parked on the roadside with headlights on facing the subject as he/she walks or drives by. The car may then drive away just after the subject sees the truck/car to further target the subject.
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b. A parked vehicle with headlights on in front of the subject's house that drives away when the subject looks out the window.
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c. An oncoming car with High Beams on in a location where they should not be used and are not dimmed!!
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The above two overt tactics are done initially to sensitize the subject.
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Then the brighting may continue by one or more vehicles parked in a store parking lot with headlights on as subject drives by or vehicles parked in their own driveways with their headlights on as the subject drives by.
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These tactics are then done many, many times thereafter to torture and threaten the subject as he/she drives by.
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c. Turning on High beams in normal driving conditions where they should not be used!!
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2. Stationary
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This involves shining bright lights on the subject from cars or a neighbors residence through the subject's window. Sometimes a handheld spotlight is used.
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1. Mobile
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a. This involves a vehicle parked on the roadside with headlights on facing the subject as he/she walks or drives by. The car may then drive away just after the subject sees the truck/car to further target the subject.
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b. A parked vehicle with headlights on in front of the subject's house that drives away when the subject looks out the window.
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c. An oncoming car with High Beams on in a location where they should not be used and are not dimmed!!
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The above two overt tactics are done initially to sensitize the subject.
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Then the brighting may continue by one or more vehicles parked in a store parking lot with headlights on as subject drives by or vehicles parked in their own driveways with their headlights on as the subject drives by.
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These tactics are then done many, many times thereafter to torture and threaten the subject as he/she drives by.
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c. Turning on High beams in normal driving conditions where they should not be used!!
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2. Stationary
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This involves shining bright lights on the subject from cars or a neighbors residence through the subject's window. Sometimes a handheld spotlight is used.
When walking or driving down the road, on the other side is a car or truck parked with Headlights ON. As soon as you see this vehicle, it drives off. This is a threat to not go where you are going, which may be your workplace. This is done very overtly at first to assure it is directed at the victim. This sensatizes the victim to look for cars parked with headlights on. Subsequent brightings the vehicle may not drive off. The vehicle may be also be in a parking lot or residential driveway with the Headlights on and may or may not have someone in it!
by MRGs February 12, 2006
Get the Brighting mug.When someone fucks up ither telling someone they arent the sharpest tool in the shed or the brightest lightbulb in the box
by Josh Jeffery May 28, 2007
Get the Brightest tool in the shed mug.a nice way of refering to a person who is not smart or who does things that are ill-advised
See also: not the sharpest tool in the shed, a few bricks shy of a load, not playing with a full deck
See also: not the sharpest tool in the shed, a few bricks shy of a load, not playing with a full deck
Durwood: My uncle is not the brightest bulb on the porch.
Winthrop: Why do you say that?
Durwood: He saw a sign that said 'keep of the grass'... so flushed his stash o' hash down the drain.
Winthrop: Bloody 'ell!
Winthrop: Why do you say that?
Durwood: He saw a sign that said 'keep of the grass'... so flushed his stash o' hash down the drain.
Winthrop: Bloody 'ell!
by Hey-Johnny-Johnny June 11, 2006
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