Thinko
jargon
/thing’koh/ (Or “braino”, by analogy with “typo”) A momentary, correctable glitch in mental processing, especially one involving recall of information learned by rote; a bubble in the stream of consciousness.
See also brain fart. Compare mouso.
[Jargon File]
(1996-04-20)
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