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Definition of brain drain
brain drain
noun
- the departure of intelligent people from a company, organization, country, etc.
Last edited on Sep 29 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 29 2010.
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Other terms relating to 'brain': | |
| Definitions include: to beat severely. | |
| Definitions include: an unintelligent person. | |
| Definitions include: unintelligent. | |
| Definitions include: to kill via a gunshot to the head. | |
| Definitions include: to hit someone in the head quite hard. | |
| Definitions include: good head gotta say o lord wittit | |
| Definitions include: a protective helmet, often used by skaters. | |
| Definitions include: n. a condition when one's mind is elsewhere and something is forgotten or done incorrectly because of it. | |
| Definitions include: n. a condition when one's mind is elsewhere and something is forgotten or done incorrectly because of it. | |
| Definitions include: unintelligent. | |
| Definitions include: unintelligent, unwise, inefficient, etc. | |
| Definitions include: the act of telling a person or group everything one knows about a particular topic. | |
| Definitions include: noun, to be hit upside the head when not thinking clearly, to "knock the dust off your brain." | |
| Definitions include: a condition when one's mind is elsewhere and something is forgotten or done incorrectly because of it. | |
| Definitions include: a temporary headache caused by consuming something very cold. | |
Other terms relating to 'drain': | |
| Definitions include: to be near failure or death. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "circling the drain" (i.e. about to die,) used on medical charts by doctors in the UK. | |
| Definitions include: "brain damage", as if spoken by one with brain damage. | |
| Definitions include: a person who is a total slacker, or completely lazy. | |
| Definitions include: to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: to urinate | |
| Definitions include: to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: To pee; usually male. | |
| Definitions include: To urinate. | |
| Definitions include: misspelling of "drain the main vein". | |
| Definitions include: to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: To pee; usually male. | |
| Definitions include: a plumber | |
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