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tubelight 

Someone who takes a long time to get something...i.e. he/she is slow. The word's short form is tubie...it literally means a florescent bulb... because when you switch it on the light doesnt actually flash until a few seconds later. Similarly, the person's brain whom you called a tubelight, doesn't light up and understand something until later
Rose is such a tubelight, she didn't get the joke until after everyone stopped laughing
tubelight by Black_Rose December 27, 2005

Tubelight 

When someone takes a little more time to understand the situation.
Sana is a tubelight.
Did you get the joke Sana? Nah I am a tubelight.
Tubelight by @Saaaday May 10, 2020

Tubelight 

An Asian word for below average high school Indian students
Ah why did he get a B in Honors PreCalc?
He’s a tubelight, that’s why
Tubelight by toasted_ac January 24, 2019

turblight 

The landscape-wrecking effect of massive "green" wind turbines on bucolic or wild scenery.
Turblight destroyed the character of the old Johnson farm and the entire valley.
turblight by Enough Already June 7, 2009

tube light 

Someone who doesn't get a statement, be it a joke or anything else.
He's such a tube light...doesn't get anything!
tube light by Juhi August 23, 2006

tube light 

some one whos slow when it comes to jokes
it takes him a while to get a joke.

tube lights flash 3-4 times before they go on.

a slow person blinks 3 - 4 times before getting a funny joke and then laughs
maaan ur such a fuckin tube light
i hate tellin jokes to tube lights
your a tube light, ass hole
you killed the joke tube light
tube light by Sincere February 28, 2005
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