brain freeze

[Jonathan Lighter]

A _1942_ "brain-freeze" ? !  Truly incredible. Way to go, Bill.

"Brain-fart" is a near synonym.  From the '90s AFAIK.

JL

"Mullins, Bill" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL> wrote:
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Brain Freeze:

As a synonym for "mental block" or forgetfulness

"Sure There Is Kindness in the World, Ideals, Sympathy, Goodness " By =
ZOE BECKLEY
Ohio | Zanesville | The Times Recorder | 1942-01-21 p. 5 col 4. [cite is =
a section heading]
" Brain-Freeze. I lost my handbag."


As a synonym for "ice cream headache"

"Amazin': David Letterman's top 10 New York Mets excuses"
New York | Syracuse | The Post Standard | 1993-09-25 p. D1 col 1.
"#3. Drank Slurpee too fast, got a brain freeze."


Ice Cream Headache

_The ice-cream headache, and other stories; the short fiction of James =
Jones._ James Jones, 1968, (New York) Delacorte Press [book title]
=09
"ICE CREAM HEADACHE", R. O. Smith, _Virginia medical monthly_ 1963 Nov; =
90: 562-4 [article title]

"Little White Pill" By Nate Haseltine The Washington Post; Apr 5, 1964; =
pg. E7 col 3
"He's trying to find out the processes involved in the so-called ice =
cream headache."

"HOW TO KEEP WELL" T R VAN DELLEN Chicago Tribune; Nov 18, 1964; pg. 24 =
col 4.
"Many people have experienced ice cream headache."


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