mind candy
mind candy noun: pleasurable diversions; entertainment that serves no higher purpose.
Noun
mind candy (uncountable)
- Pleasurable diversions; entertainment that serves no higher purpose.
- I read Mysteries (in which I include all the sub-classes of police dramas, detective novels and old-style who-dun-its) because, like good food and drink, I damn well like them; they pass the time pleasantly; they are mind-candy;2008, Cate Garrison, Choice Cuts of Lamb, →ISBN, page 119
- The world will offer you eye candy, ear candy, mind candy. . . any and all diversion to keep you from initializing the Covenant with the Source2009, Nicholas Karapondo, The Pen: A Sonata and Fugue on the Eternal State of Being, →ISBN, page 581
- Synonyms:
- brain candy
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Questions about mind candy
- What does mind candy mean?
- Mind candy means pleasurable diversions; entertainment that serves no higher purpose.
- What part of speech is mind candy?
- Mind candy is a noun.
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