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    [Adjective]  | "ce*re*bral" | \ sə-ˈrē-brəl \


    1: of or relating to the brain or the intellect

    2: of, relating to, affecting, or being the cerebrum

    3: appealing to intellectual appreciation


    Origin: 1801 ;

     French cérébral, from Latin cerebrum brain; akin to Old High German hirni brain, Greek kara head, keras horn, Sanskrit śiras head {mat|horn|};

    [Noun]  | "cerebral artery" 


    1: any of the arteries supplying the cerebral cortex


    Origin: 1809 ;

    [Noun]  | "cerebral cortex" 


    1: the convoluted surface layer of gray matter of the cerebrum that functions chiefly in coordination of sensory and motor information


    Origin: 1853 ;

    [Noun]  | "cerebral hemisphere" 


    1: either of the two hollow convoluted lateral halves of the cerebrum


    Origin: 1818 ;

    [Noun]  | "cerebral palsy" 


    1: a disability resulting from damage to the brain before, during, or shortly after birth and outwardly manifested by muscular incoordination and speech disturbances


    Origin: 1824 ;

    [Adjective]  | "cerebral" 


    1: much given to learning and thinking;


      * e.g., " ... a very cerebral jurist who has given much thought to what makes our nation's constitution work "





    2: of or relating to the mind;


      * e.g., " ... a young man given more to cerebral pursuits than to sporting activities "





    [Noun]  | "cerebral palsy" 


     [ "cerebral" ]

    1: Absolute mind-fucking insanity. Having completely gone off the deep end. Akin to postal or mental, cerebral is a whole new dimension of bonkers. Completely fucking psychotic.

      * e.g.,  ... "You hear the news? Dave and Jennifer finally had their kid. Problem is... the baby's black! Dave went fucking cerebral." 

     [ "Cerebral" ]

    1: Being very aware of a situation or circumstance to the point where it is over analyzed.

      * e.g.,  ... Quit being cerebral about kissing me, just do it! 

     [ "cerebrality" ]

    1: Intelligence; the state at which one's cerebral faculties function.

      * e.g.,  ... That professor has quite high cerebrality.  

     [ "cerebrity" ]

    1: cerebrity n (Lat. cerebrum, brain; cf. celebrity) Ð a brainy, cerebral person who is emotionally dry, detached and restrained; a famous, well-publicized intellectual.

      * e.g.,  ... I try to avoid meetings with such cerebrities. All they have to say is in their books. 

     [ "cerebrate" ]

    1: To think

      * e.g.,  ... Cerebellum 

     [ "Cerebrating" ]

    1: Brainstorming, during which brilliant ideas arise with such frequency and ferocity that correct spelling becomes unimportant as they are written down. (see also Maricrissing, the recording of minutes during a cerebrating session).

      * e.g.,  ... RPAP "Cerebrating" 37 years of business. 

     [ "cerebrate" ]

    1: 1) To think about deeply

      * e.g.,  ... Won Hung Low cerebrated about how to cerebrate his birthday. 


     [ "cerebrate" ]

    2: 2) A Chinese celebration

     [ "Cerebrate" ]

    1: Verb. From the words cerebral and masturbate. def. To engage in self-absorbed conversation, normally rhetorical and rarely clever, that is strictly for the pleasure of the speaker.

      * e.g.,  ... "Dude, why do you constantly cerebrate? Just get to the phuckin point!"  

     [ "Cerebral Briggsy" ]

    1: A disease that severely affects the brain causing the sufferer to be devoid of common sense, reality and render them completely useless at everything

      * e.g.,  ... Did you know there is only one confirmed case of Cerebral Briggsy in existence today? 

     [ "cerebral constipation" ]

    1: The act of completely forgetting the name of an actor, song, book, movie or name of anything that one is generally familiar with. The "on-the-tip-of-my-tongue" phenomenon. The 'mind-burp' is the moment of relief, the actual recall. i.e., "Aha! I got it! I remember!"

      * e.g.,  ... The movie buff had a bad case of "cerebral constipation" as he choked under pressure when the cute waitress asked him for the name of his favorite romantic comedy.  

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