Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Surgical incision into the frontal lobe of the brain to sever one or more nerve tracts, a technique formerly used to treat certain mental disorders but now rarely performed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med., Surgery) The surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain, by cutting into the brain.
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- noun A
surgical operation on the frontallobe of thebrain intent on treating certain mental illnesses. - noun The severing of the prefrontal cortex from the thalamic region of the brain.
- noun The severing of the sympathetic nerve trunk.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I think a lobotomy is a viable option considering your stupidity.
Think Progress » DeMint Lies: ‘I Did Not Want’ Health Care ‘To Be The President’s Waterloo’ 2010
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I think a lobotomy is a viable option considering your stupidity.
Think Progress » DeMint Lies: ‘I Did Not Want’ Health Care ‘To Be The President’s Waterloo’ 2010
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Why defend against people who say giving someone a lobotomy is a rational solution to anything?
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Might I also suggest a lobotomy is a viable option for you.
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Why defend against people who say giving someone a lobotomy is a rational solution to anything?
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Really your sick maybe a lobotomy is not out of the question.
thugging is back and im deleting my account i just got on here and i thought he was gone. 2010
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Really your sick maybe a lobotomy is not out of the question.
thugging is back and im deleting my account i just got on here and i thought he was gone. 2010
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After he came down with Alzheimers, it became de rigeur for all members of the GOP to be at least as brain-dead as their idol, so now the equivalent of a do-it-to-yourself lobotomy is required of all Republican candidates for high office.
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Apparently to be a school administrator a frontal lobotomy is a prerequisite.
Teen Suspended, Not Expelled, For Shooting Nerf Gun In School 2009
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Apparently to be a school administrator a frontal lobotomy is a prerequisite.
Teen Suspended, Not Expelled, For Shooting Nerf Gun In School 2009
oroboros commented on the word lobotomy
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy."
--attributed to Tom Waits, I believe
March 2, 2007
reesetee commented on the word lobotomy
What? Tom Waits?? All this time I thought it was my dad. ;-)
March 2, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word lobotomy
No, this song/saying is WAY older than Tom Waits. Although he did say it most pithily.
March 2, 2007
reesetee commented on the word lobotomy
Hey, my dad's older than Tom Waits! And he's pithy, too!
March 2, 2007
trivet commented on the word lobotomy
Dorothy Parker, I believe.
March 2, 2007
seanahan commented on the word lobotomy
The "bottle in front of me" line is a classic example of chiasmus.
June 3, 2007