galaxy brain

galaxy brain

English

Etymology

From an internet meme in which an increasingly absurd series of thoughts with a common theme is paired with a series of images showing a brain expanding and emitting beams of light, thus sarcastically presenting the absurd ideas as "not absurd, but impossible for small-minded people to comprehend." The "galaxy" part likely relates to the brain becoming bigger and that the beams of light resemble stars, along with the image typically having a space-like background.

Noun

galaxy brain (plural galaxy brains)

1. (Internet slang), An opinion which presents itself as being logical and/or profound, but which relies on many absurd leaps in logic.
   • 2017: Jay Hathaway, "Why 2017 was the year of the Galaxy Brain" , Daily Dot, December 8, 2017

     Instead of filling out the entire graphical brain chart, people would just derisively refer to a take or opinion as “Galaxy Brain.” This indicated that, despite the author’s confidence in their own intelligence, they were actually extremely dumb.