Harebrained

[Stargzer]

I use this word a lot, especially when describing my own ideas at work.

"Some think outside the box; some don't have a box."
-- Stargzer

Harebrained

SYLLABICATION: hare·brained

PRONUNCIATION: hâr' brānd'

ADJECTIVE: Foolish; flighty: a harebrained scheme.

USAGE NOTE: The first use of harebrained dates to 1548. The spelling hairbrained also has a long history, going back to the 1500s when hair was a variant spelling of hare. The hair variant was preserved in Scotland into the 18th century, and as a result it is impossible to tell exactly when people began writing hairbrained in the belief that the word means “having a hair-sized brain” rather than “with no more sense than a hare.” While hairbrained continues to be used and confused, it should be avoided in favor of harebrained which has been established as the correct spelling.

American Heritage Dictionary


"One man's harebrained scheme is another man's divergent thinking."
-- Stargzer

[gailr]

It was a close shave, but their hair-brained ideas were axed in the nick of time with Occam's razor.
-gailr

[Perry]

You mean that it isn't the develpment of a sudden penchant for carrots and reproduction?

[Bailey]

You mean that it isn't the develpment of a sudden penchant for carrots and reproduction?

Is there a stick and string involved here?

mark hair-brained-results-in-an-itchy-brain Bailey