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brain fart

brain fart noun: something ill-considered and said or done impulsively.

Noun

brain fart (plural brain farts)

  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

brain fart meaning in Tamil

brain fart in Tamil

குறுங்கால மறதி

Forms of brain fart

pluralbrain farts
alternative formbrainfart
alternative formbrain-fart

Questions about brain fart

What does brain fart mean?
Brain fart means something ill-considered and said or done impulsively.
What is brain fart in Tamil?
Brain fart in Tamil is குறுங்கால மறதி. See Brain fart meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is brain fart?
Brain fart is a noun.
What is the plural of brain fart?
The plural of brain fart is brain farts.

Words near brain fart in the dictionary

  1. brain fade
  2. brain fades
  3. brain fag
  4. brain farm
  5. brain farms
  6. brain fart
  7. brain farts
  8. brain fever
  9. brain fevers
  10. brain fingerprinting
  11. brain fluid

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