Definitions for brain fart
brain fart

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 3 votes

1. brain fartnoun

   A lapse in the thought process; an inability to think or remember something clearly.

2. brain fartnoun

   Something ill-considered and said or done impulsively.

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1. Brain Fart

   A brain fart is slang for a special kind of abnormal brain activity which results in human error while performing a repetitive task, or more generally denoting a degree of mental laxity or any task-related forgetfulness, such as forgetting how to hold a fork. Tom Eichele, a neuroscientist at the University of Bergen in Norway, was part of an international team of researchers who identified activity detectable in brain scans up to 30 seconds before a mistake, which could be referred to as a brain fart, occurs. The researchers suspect the abnormal behavior is the result of the brain attempting to save effort on a task by entering a more restful state'. The scientists detailed their findings on 21 April 2008 online in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The scientific term they gave the phenomenon is "maladaptive brain activity change." The term is typically employed in the United States to indicate a regrettable and poorly thought out choice of action. According to Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Denis Gauthier a brain fart occurs when one "momentarily loses his sense of logic…and does something 'dumb'."

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. brain fart

   The actual result of a braino, as opposed to the mental glitch that is the braino itself. E.g., typing dir on a Unix box after a session with DOS.

How to pronounce brain fart?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of brain fart in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of brain fart in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of brain fart in a Sentence

1. Kyle Bethune:

   It’s kind of freaky for a late Saturday evening, but we just kind of had a brain fart, ‘Oh, there’s that van.'.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Brain_Fart
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=brain fart
3. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#BrainFart