如今，在这个强调速度与高效的社会里，人们的生活节奏也变得越来越快，做事时常常要一心多用，导致脑负荷太重，导致张口忘词，做事不过脑子或突然冒出无厘头蠢话等“脑子短路”(brain fart)的事时有发生。

It happens to you all the time. You're mid-sentence during a meeting with your boss, working on The New York Times' crossword puzzle, typing up an essay for grad school, or even talking to your mom on the phone — and the next word you're looking for just doesn't ... come.

这种事在你身上时有发生：在会上和领导正说着一半话，正玩着《纽约时报》上的字谜游戏，写着毕业论文，甚至和你妈在讲电话时，却忽然忘记要说什么了……

There's a scientific term for this totally common phenomenon, which we like to call a "brain fart." "Brain fart" is used to refer to a temporary mental lapse or failure to reason correctly.

这种非常普遍的现象有个学名，我们称之为“大脑短路”。"大脑短路"是指暂时的大脑失灵，无法正确地进行推断。

Below is a list of brain farts that pretty much everyone has had one time or another.

下面就是我们每个人都很可能曾经做过的脑子短路事件清单：

1. Having trouble spelling a word you've spelled a thousand times before.

写不出那个你已写过一万遍的字。

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