different between minimalist vs brainfuck

English

Etymology

minimal +? -ist

Pronunciation

Adjective

minimalist (comparative more minimalist, superlative most minimalist)

1. Believing in or seeking a minimal state; seeking to minimize or reduce to a minimum.

   I am sure such a minimalist style of furniture would never fit well with my packrat nature.

Translations

Noun

minimalist (plural minimalists)

1. One who believes in or seeks a minimal state; one who seeks to minimize or reduce to a minimum.

   He's a minimalist: when it comes to formal processes, the fewer the better.

Related terms

• minimalism

Translations

English

Etymology

brain +? fuck (“to play with; to tinker”)

Noun

brainfuck (plural brainfucks)

1. (vulgar) Something that destabilizes, confuses, or manipulates a person's mind.
   • 2004, Dana Hodgdon, Adam's Theories, iUniverse (2004), ?ISBN, page 107:

     What a brainfuck. Little Roger, my brother, wanted to have a talk about sex.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:brainfuck.

Synonyms

• headfuck (vulgar), mindfuck (vulgar), mindscrew

Proper noun

brainfuck

1. Alternative letter-case form of Brainfuck

Verb

brainfuck (third-person singular simple present brainfucks, present participle brainfucking, simple past and past participle brainfucked)

1. (vulgar) To destabilize, confuse, or manipulate a person's mind.
   • 1999, Boston Teran, God Is a Bullet, Ballantine Books, ?ISBN, page 70:

     "I don't want to hear that. Don't try and brainfuck me by turning this around and making it some sort of redemption thing. […]

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:brainfuck.

Anagrams

• fuckbrain