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galaxy-brain

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Appearing to be insightful and profound, but actually absurd, incomprehensible, or nonsensical.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, sarcastic, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: galaxy-brained

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From a popular image macro meme in which a series of increasingly absurd or surreal thoughts is paired with images of a human brain expanding and emitting progressively brighter beams of light, thus ironically framing the ideas as too profound for average minds to comprehend.