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Definition of a sherlock
sherlock
- a genius, usually used sarcastically to mean someone with an annoying grasp of the obvious.
Person 1: Racists are assholes.
Person 2: No shit, Sherlock.- See more words with the same meaning: unintelligent person, idiot.
Last edited on Aug 14 2013. Submitted by Melissa from Kansas City, MO, USA on Dec 06 2004.
noun
- disparaging term of address (from Sherlock Holmes, the famous fictional detective): someone slow on the uptake, especially in realizing something obvious to everyone else, or at least to the speaker.
Did you figure that out all by yourself, Sherlock?
- See more words with the same meaning: unintelligent person, idiot.
Last edited on Nov 18 2005. Submitted by Scott M. from Draper, UT, USA on Nov 18 2005.
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