Brain-rotten monkey

[Yb167]

Compound adjective

My friends and I were having some banter and one of them said "brain-rotten monkey" is this correct? Shouldn't it be rotted?

 

[Tarheel]

What kind of a sentence would I (or anyone) use that phrase in?

 

[Yb167]

What kind of a sentence would I (or anyone) use that phrase in?

"Take it seriously you brain-rotten monkey" that's exactly what my friend said to my other friend while playing a game and having some banter.

 

[Tarheel]

"Take it seriously you brain-rotten monkey" that's exactly what my friend said to my other friend while playing a game and having some banter.

That's funny! I wouldn't change it.

 

[probus]

Although I've never encountered either term, both brain-rotten and brain-rotted seem equally valid to me.

 

[emsr2d2]

"Take it seriously, you brain-rotten monkey!" that's is exactly what my friend said to my other friend while playing a game and having some banter.

 

[Rover_KE]

I've never encountered either term, and recommend you don't use them.

Instead, use the perfectly standard word brainless to mean 'foolish' or'stupid'.

 

[emsr2d2]

I've never encountered either term, and recommend you don't use them.

Instead, use brainless to mean 'foolish' or'stupid'.

You might also hear "braindead" + noun. (It's sometimes written as "brain-dead" as an adjective.) For example, someone might say "Don't do that, you brain-dead idiot!" It's not very PC these days because of the possibility of offending the families of someone who is actually (medically) brain dead.

 

[jutfrank]

The compound would normally be 'rotten-brained', but I think your friend got away with it quite nicely.