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crackbrained.

Idiotic.

12 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. Idiotic.

Where this word comes from

From crack + brained. The word is centuries old, and the original imagery is of a brain that is cracked (broken), but the advent of crack cocaine produced a new surface analysis whereby the word now also suggests a crack(rock)-addled brain. But even with that difference in referents, cognation is involved regardless.

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