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has glosseng: "Pure Dead Brilliant" is a phrase peculiar to the people of Glasgow, Scotland. It came into common use around the late 1970s/early 1980s and was satirised by comedian Elaine C. Smith in the popular BBC sitcom City Lights. Often followed with the phrase by the way, Pure Dead Brilliant is generally used to describe something that is extraordinarily special, such as:
lexicalizationeng: Pure Dead Brilliant
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