(n.) 1. one who lacks mental stability 2. a lack of mental stability, e.g. insanity 3. The portion of the skull enclosing the brain
1. "That braincase almost ran into me!" 2. "He must have a braincase if he's wearing those clothes." 3. In the car crash, Mike cracked his braincase, resulting in his death.
Food for thought. Chewy intelligentsia. Dense and gooey ideas. Delicious insights. Bite-size factoids. Tasty repartee. And so much better than mental floss.
Op art is one thing. Social sensibilities, as displayed through subversive art, makes my head spin. Braincake! Yummy!
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)