Slang

vegetable

This page is about the slang term vegetable

Meaning

a person with severe brain damage

For example

  • Poor Glen has been a vegetable since his terrible accident. He can't move and he can't communicate because of all the damage to his brain.

  • One of my school friends is a vegetable. He overdosed on heroin and his brain didn't get any oxygen for a long time, and most of his brain cells died.

Quick Quiz

A person is usually described as a vegetable if they are

a. very lazy

b. really relaxed

c. severely brain-damaged
a) very lazy b) really relaxed c) severely brain-damaged

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Contributor: Matt Errey