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roof-brain chatter

roof-brain chatter noun: incoherent, idle thoughts "at the top of the brain".

Noun

roof-brain chatter (uncountable)

  1. incoherent, idle thoughts "at the top of the brain"
    • ...babble that goes on in our heads — the 'roof brain chatter' as Chilton Pearce calls it in his book, The Crack in the Cosmic Egg.1984, David V. Tansley, The raiment of light: a study of the human aura, page 198
    • Notes In the early stages of meditation, it is very easy to be distracted by what Pearce calls 'roof-brain' chatter (Pearce, 1982), the seemingly endless flow of thoughts and ideas that refuse to go away when we sit down to meditation1990, Philip Burnard, Learning human skills: an experiential guide for nurses, page 241

Origin of roof-brain chatter

Term coined by author Joseph Chilton Pearce in his 1973 book The Crack In The Cosmic Egg.

Questions about roof-brain chatter

What does roof-brain chatter mean?
Roof-brain chatter means incoherent, idle thoughts "at the top of the brain".
What part of speech is roof-brain chatter?
Roof-brain chatter is a noun.

Words near roof-brain chatter in the dictionary

  1. roof tile
  2. roof tiles
  3. roof tree
  4. roof trees
  5. roof turret
  6. roof-brain chatter
  7. roof-plate
  8. roof-plates
  9. roofage
  10. roofages
  11. roofball

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