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brain candy (uncountable)
- (idiomatic) A narrative, commentary, etc. which amuses and holds one's attention, but which lacks intellectual depth or importance.
1982 February 10, “Capsule Reviews”, in Daily Times, Ohio, USA, retrieved 2 October 2012, page 16:Venom is spine-tingling brain candy about a deadly snake on the loose in a London townhouse during a kidnapping attempt.
1992 February 19, Ron Alexander, “Metropolitan Diary”, in New York Times, retrieved 2 October 2012:After years of chewing on murder mysteries as my form of “brain candy,” I thought I'd sample westerns for a change of pace.
2003 June 9, Bryan Walsh, “Movies: Enter The Animatrix”, in Time:Matriculated, my favorite, is written and directed by Peter Chung. . . . The result is electric-Kool-Aid brain candy, with a twist of unexpected pathos.
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- Often used to denote motion pictures which provide light, undemanding entertainment.
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