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Record 1 2011-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neology and Linguistic Borrowing
DEF

An agreement (esp. a business deal) which is easily conceived and closed.

CONT

A deal to allowing closer ties between Japan and the Soviet Union), to use the Wall Street term for an easy deal, should be a no-brainer.

OBS

Derivation. The noun "no-brain" has been used informally and ironically for years to designate someone who (the speaker believes) is intellectually weak. The suffix "-er" meaning "one that is" changes the grammatical category of the root.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Néologie et emprunts

Spanish

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