brillo
British slang meaning brilliant or excellent.
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'Ben There, Dan That!' and 'Time Gentlemen, Please!' are still 77% off (68p) for the Double Pack. Grab two games for very cheap, and help me out at the same time: BRILLO. store.steampowered.com/app/37400/Ti...
As organic Brillo pads go they are rubbish at getting off burnt-on food stains but at least they don’t taste soapy.
Samsung Display presentó en el SID Display Week 2026 dos prototipos que apuntan al futuro de los Galaxy: mayor brillo, colores más fieles y medición de pulso y tensión desde la propia pantalla.
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British slang meaning brilliant or excellent. Often used as an exclamation or adjective in informal British speech. The word is a casual shortening of 'brilliant' that also evokes the brand name Brillo (steel wool pads), though the slang sense is entirely separate. Common in British informal conversation.
'That's brillo — I didn't know they were doing another series,' she said, genuinely delighted.
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(slang) Brilliant; excellent.
“'Ben There, Dan That!' and 'Time Gentlemen, Please!' are still 77% off (68p) for the Double Pack. Grab two games for very cheap, and help me out at the same time: BRILLO. store.steampowered.com/app/37400/Ti...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“As organic Brillo pads go they are rubbish at getting off burnt-on food stains but at least they don’t taste soapy.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Samsung Display presentó en el SID Display Week 2026 dos prototipos que apuntan al futuro de los Galaxy: mayor brillo, colores más fieles y medición de pulso y tensión desde la propia pantalla.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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