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brain fart en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (mildly, slang, vulgar) Something ill-considered and said or done impulsively.
   • This is love in the social media age. Candlelight dinner, fine wine, degustation, a lover's face scrunched over a phone screen live-tweeting brainfarts about the relationship to largely uninterested skim-readers. 2011 July 8, Grace Dent, The Guardian:
2. (mildly, slang, vulgar) An instance of absent-mindedness or forgetfulness.
   • Sorry for the brain fart, but what exactly did you say again?
   • Shadow turned off the heaters, packed some clothes into an overnight bag, then turned back to Wednesday and said, ‘Look, I feel kind of stupid. I know you just told me who we're going to see, but I dunno. I just had a brain-fart or something. It’s gone. Who is it again?’ 2001, Neil Gaiman, American Gods, William Morrow, →ISBN, page 276:

Forms

Coordinates

thinko · draw a blank · brain cramp

Translations (13)

pl zaćmienie (confusion of ideas) · ru мозгово́й глюк (something ill-considered) · ru перл (something ill-considered) · fi aivopieru (something ill-considered) · ru вы́сер (something ill-considered) · es empanada mental (confusion of ideas) · es diarrea mental (confusion of ideas) · fr trou de mémoire (something ill-considered) · es desinteligencia (confusion of ideas) · sv hjärnsläpp (something ill-considered) · pl głupota (something ill-considered) · it cazzata (something ill-considered) · eo memortruo (something ill-considered)