Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A person regarded as flighty, thoughtless, or disorganized.

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  • noun A flighty, disorganized or forgetful person.

Etymologies

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scatter +‎ brain

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  • Does shebang cause "scatterbrain"?

    January 4, 2007

  • No, but ecstasy does.

    December 4, 2007