brain cloud

English

Noun

brain cloud (countable and uncountable, plural brain clouds)

1. (informal) The temporary inability to think properly, or to remember something.

   Coordinate term: brain fog

   • 1880, Walter Besant, The seamy side:

     For three weeks she lay on her bed of death ; and one morning, being still in the same brain-cloud, still wondering why her husband did not come to her . . .

   • 1998 Kate F. Hays - Integrating Exercise, Sports, Movement, and Mind

     He continued to experience "brain cloud" when we discussed her and had difficulty accessing any emotion related to her.

   • 2005, T. L. Vance, The Third Son:

     "Okay, okay, I must have had a brain cloud or something. I'm sorry, I'm just a dumb country girl. Y'all go away and let me cook."