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lobotomy

[ US /ˈɫoʊˌboʊˌtoʊmi/ ]
[ UK /ləbˈɒtəmi/ ]
NOUN
  1. surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes

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  • The cheap thrills aren't worth the self-inflicted lobotomy one must perform to enjoy them.
  • Freeman's crazy antics didn't scare off potential patients, though: John F. Kennedy's sister Rosemary got a lobotomy from Freeman, which left her a vegetable for the rest of her life.
  • And where you'd expect Jack to be his usual sarky, caustic self, he was so unnervingly straight and calm that I could only think of two possible scenarios: lobotomy or Valium.
  • In the 1930s, Dr. Egas Moniz, a Portuguese neurologist, began experimenting with a new form of what became known as the prefrontal lobotomy, a radical surgery that severed nerve fibers in the part of the brain associated with emotions. 20 High Resolution Photos From Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island | /Film
  • Might I also suggest a lobotomy is a viable option for you. Think Progress » Progressive Victory In Oregon: Voters Approve Tax Hikes On Corporations And The Wealthy To Close Budget Gap
  • After he came down with Alzheimers, it became de rigeur for all members of the GOP to be at least as brain-dead as their idol, so now the equivalent of a do-it-to-yourself lobotomy is required of all Republican candidates for high office. Matthew Yglesias » Jindal Speech
  • Why does it make CID look good? on October 23, 2009 at 9: 22 pm celery stick effective frontal-lobotomy i.e. go and get a MBA and run publick service operations as well as GMAC and Leyland and other footsy companies on October 24, 2009 at 7: 47 am Druid Shift Skipper errr … Pants On Fire « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
  • World War II inhibited the widespread use of lobotomy; between 1940 and 1945 only 924 psychosurgical procedures were reported. The Mad Among Us
  • Really your sick maybe a lobotomy is not out of the question. Thugging is back and im deleting my account i just got on here and i thought he was gone.
  • That's the reigning voice, the Michael Chabon, Jonathan Lethem off-kilter irony, Philip K. Dick with a lobotomy, and you better get with the program, the Manhattan-Brooklyn affectedness, or else. Anis Shivani: Voice in Fiction: A Favorite MFA/Writing Program Shibboleth
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