mind candy
noun1
Slang Pleasurable diversions; entertainment that serves no higher purpose.
- I read Mysteries (in which I include all the sub-classes of police dramas, detective novels and old-style who-dun-its) because, like good food and drink, I damn well like them; they pass the time pleasantly; they are mind-candy;2008, Cate Garrison, Choice Cuts of Lamb, →ISBN, page 119:
- The world will offer you eye candy, ear candy, mind candy. . . any and all diversion to keep you from initializing the Covenant with the Source2009, Nicholas Karapondo, The Pen: A Sonata and Fugue on the Eternal State of Being, →ISBN, page 581:
1 more example
- Ray was her fantasy, her mind-candy, as were her plans for his seduction.2010, Alison Kent, Bound to Happen, →ISBN, page 18:
- Synonyms
- brain candy
- Related terms
- ear candy, eye candy, nose candy