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Absentminded type
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scatterbrain
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Scatterbrain was an eclectic thrash metal band formed in 1989 when Long Island, New York hardcore (NYHC) group Ludichrist broke up so Tommy Christ and Glen Cummings formed scatterbrain The band contributed a cover of LL Cool J 's " Mama Said Knock You Out ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also scatter-brain , "thoughtless, giddy person, one incapable of serious, connected thought," 1764 ( scatter-brained ), from scatter (v.) + brain (n.). Related: Scatterbrained . Compare scatter-good "spendthrift."
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a flighty and disorganized person [syn: forgetful person ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A flighty, disorganized or forgetful person.
Usage examples of scatterbrain.
Nancy was the drudge, Millie the scatterbrain, old Miss Belle almost senile.
The big wigs at the Octagon are scared silly that some scatterbrains will hear about such items as the matter converters and get all steamed up with man's oldest dream.
She expected she would marry one day-most women in the Two Rivers did-but she was not like those scatterbrains she heard going on about how they could hardly wait.