Meaning of brain fart | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Something ill-considered and said or done impulsively.
   mildly, slang, vulgar
2. An instance of absent-mindedness or forgetfulness.
   mildly, slang, vulgar

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Examples

“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.”

“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?’”

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