When you mean to do something really obvious but then you forget what you were doing and end up doing something something completely different. i.e, when you have a wrapper in one hand and food in the other, and throw away the food and try to eat the wrapper.
Brain Fart:
Person 1: Man, I had such a brain fart today.
Person 2: What did you do?
Person 1: I was holding food and a wrapper and threw away the food and tried to eat the wrapper.
Person 1: Man, I had such a brain fart today.
Person 2: What did you do?
Person 1: I was holding food and a wrapper and threw away the food and tried to eat the wrapper.
by nv2001 February 9, 2015
When you are attempting to remember something very obvious, someting that you know you should know. This feeling often leads to head banging and hair pulling.
bobby raised his hand to answer the teacher's question only to find that he had had a brain fart, and he was unable to answer 2+2.
by David Peterle December 11, 2006
A sudden and involuntary (although depending on the source, not altogether unexpected) release of ignorance.
by GTOgirl July 13, 2009
by Emily March 12, 2005
I have an idea but now I don't remember what it was, it was just on the tip of my tongue--ugg brain fart!
by SomethingAmiss February 4, 2015
When you do something incredibly stupid by mistake. An obvious mistake that should for a task that's usually very simple.
Fernando: I was making cheese and crackers with salami but I put peanut butter instead of salami. Brain fart!
Josh: Yeah. Brain fart! And you're usually very smart.
Josh: Yeah. Brain fart! And you're usually very smart.
by CognitiveFuel March 14, 2023
by Lalina October 12, 2009