Meaning of galaxy-brain | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Internet, sarcastic, usually

Examples

“On the surface, none of this makes sense⟳. Yet it becomes rational once you explore⟳ the context—in fact, if you glimpse the bigger picture, the scene crosses the threshold into galaxy-brain logic.”

“Permatemp, the upcoming album from A. J. Herring's usually one-man band Velma and the Happy Campers, seeks to explore⟳ the galaxy-brain realization that the only permanent thing about life is its impermanence.”

“Hollywood is no stranger to the occasional galaxy-brain take⟳, but this one is pretty out there—as Warner Bros. execs evaluated Todd Phillips’s Joker script back in 2017, they reportedly found themselves in “lively conversations” centered around one jarring question⟳: Does Joker really need⟳ to be about, like⟳, the Joker?”

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