brainfuck

See also: Brainfuck

English

Etymology

From brain +‎ fuck (“to play with; to tinker”).

Noun

brainfuck (plural brainfucks)

1. (vulgar) Something that destabilizes, confuses, or manipulates a person's mind.
   • 2004, Dana Hodgdon, Adam's Theories, iUniverse, published 2004, →ISBN, page 107:

     What a brainfuck. Little Roger, my brother, wanted to have a talk about sex.

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Synonyms

• headfuck (vulgar), mindfuck (vulgar), mindscrew

Proper noun

brainfuck

1. Alternative letter-case form of Brainfuck

Verb

brainfuck (third-person singular simple present brainfucks, present participle brainfucking, simple past and past participle brainfucked)

1. (vulgar) To destabilize, confuse, or manipulate a person's mind.
   • 1999, Boston Teran, God Is a Bullet, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 70:

     "I don't want to hear that. Don't try and brainfuck me by turning this around and making it some sort of redemption thing. […]

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:brainfuck.

Anagrams

• fuckbrain