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brain-damaged

adj — 2 senses

brain-damaged

adj

Etymology From brain + damaged.

1

Suffering from an injury to the brain.

brain-damaged

adj

Etymology Generalization of “Honeywell Brain Damage” (HBD), a notional disease invented to explain certain poor design decisions in Honeywell Multics.

1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Derogatory, Slang Poorly designed; obviously wrong.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.