English

Alternative forms

• brainfart

Noun

brain fart ‎(plural brain farts)

1. (idiomatic, slang) Something ill-considered and said or done impulsively.
   • 2011, Grace Dent, The Guardian, 8 Jul 2011:

     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.

Usage notes

• Mildly crude and inappropriate for formal settings.

Translations

See also

• brain cramp
• draw a blank
• thinko