brain fart
Sudden cognitive lapse
A brain fart is a sudden, momentary lapse in thinking—forgetting something obvious, saying something nonsensical, or making a careless mistake: Sorry, I just had a brain fart and called you by the wrong name.
The term is informal and mildly crude, treating mental glitches as embarrassing but harmless bodily functions.
Foolish, costly mistake
misstep · error · oversight · snafu · faux pas · oops · blooper · goof
Without marks or content
- blockSolid mass, or impede
- lapseBrief failure or expiration
- fogLow-lying cloud cover
- forgetfulnessFailure to retain information
absentmindedness · confusion · distraction · spacing out · tip of the tongue · senior moment · drawing a blank · mental block
blunder
Foolish, costly mistake
bungle · misstep · error · oversight · snafu · faux pas · oops · blooper · goof · mixup
blank
Without marks or content
forgetfulness · absentmindedness · confusion · distraction · spacing out · tip of the tongue · senior moment · drawing a blank · mental block · lost train of thought
- inattentiondistracted, spacing, absent-minded, distraction, obliviousness
- mental lapseslapse, forget, slip, misplace, overlook
- oopsoops, whoops, whoopsie, oopsie, woopsie
- Memory Lossamnesia, forgetting, forgetfulness, memory loss, memory lapse
- expressions about forgetfulnessslipped my mind, drew a blank, blanked out, absentminded, memory like a sieve
- mistakesmistake, mistakes, slip, error, errors
brain farttotal recall
Complete, perfect remembrance
clarity · mental clarity · clear thinking · remembering · lucidity
brain fartstroke of genius
Brilliantly inventive act
quick wit · flash of genius · mental sharpness · sharp as a tack · nailing it
brain, brains, brained, braining, brainy, brainier, brainiest, fart, farts