brainpan

[ breyn-pan ]

noun

1. the skull or cranium.

brainpan

/ ˈbreɪnˌpæn /

noun

1. informal.
   the skull

Word History and Origins

Origin of brainpan¹

before 1000; Middle English brayn panne, Old English brægenpanne. See brain, pan ¹

Example Sentences

The Jewish children’s charity has burrowed into the national brainpan for more than 10 years and attracted government scrutiny for its charitable disbursements.

From Los Angeles Times

“Ignorance” is gray and confined within a cage, “Shame” is purple with nails pounded into its squashed brainpan, and “The Subconscious” is covered in gold leaf and recessed into a blue rectangle.

From Washington Post

To our right, an emaciated mummy of a man guzzled ruby-red punch out of what eerily resembled a human brainpan.

From Literature

At the brink of a crisis, he navigates a feudalistic world with an evil emperor, noble houses and subjugated peoples, a tale right out of mythology and right at home in George Lucas’s brainpan.

From New York Times

And he never learns: He never becomes more measured or more "presidential," never stops blurting out whatever random, angry thought flashes across his brainpan.

From Salon