!. An expression, particularly popular with the British and the Irish, that means something is really cool, really awesome, top notch, way above expectations.

2. A sarcastic expression of how good something (an idea, etc) is/was.
1. "This is really really fucking brilliant" - Bono (2003, Golden Globes)

2. "Luke, blasting the controls that extend the bridge was fucking brilliant" - Leia (what she would have said if "Star Wars" was not rated PG)
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The third and highest level of brilliance. There's Ordinary Brilliant, Absolute Brilliant and then there's Fishmonger Brilliant.
Stretto's elbow-dance is Fishmonger Brilliant.
by Webby's sweaty, rasping cleft September 12, 2006
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The War Criminal in Chief’s typically grandiose self-assessment of his impulsive and ignorant decision to pull US troops out of Syria.
What I’ve done in Syria is quite frankly strategically brilliant; I know you don’t like it but Syria is mostly a lot of sand - and Vlady’s gonna really love me now!
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Text so dense, dull, and filled with words that haven't been used for three hundred years that no one can comprehend it, let alone object to it.
I was arguing with some dude on the internets the other day, but he had such brilliant prose there was no way i could win.
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A response to a person's completely idiotic and/or obvious deduction.

See sarcasm and captain obvious

It originates from the Sherlock Holmes novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in which Sherlock Holmes is a detective.

Also "Brilliant Sherlock" and "No Shit, Sherlock"
Person A: Dude! The TV is missing!

Person B: Brilliant Holmes.
by Az the vigilante April 6, 2010
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