sherlock

n. a name you call someone who has just said something very obvious.

n. a sarcastic vocative used to address an individual who has stated a self-evident fact or reached an obvious conclusion.

“"The sun is really bright today." "No kidding, Sherlock."”

“After he pointed out that the car wouldn't start because it was out of petrol, his sister simply replied, "Great work, Sherlock."”

Humorous · Informal

v. to figure something out by looking at clues, like a detective.

v. to deduce or investigate a matter through logical reasoning or close observation.

“Give me a minute to sherlock the situation before we make a decision.”

“The investigators spent the afternoon trying to sherlock how the data breach had occurred despite the updated firewall.”

Informal · Humorous

v. when a large company adds a new feature to their system that makes a smaller company's app unnecessary.

v. to render a third-party application or feature obsolete by incorporating similar functionality directly into an operating system or first-party suite.

“The small startup was worried that the tech giant would sherlock their main feature in the next update.”

“Developers often live in fear that their niche utility will be sherlocked by the next OS release, effectively destroying their business model overnight.”

Slang · Technical