brain cramp

Noun

 * 1)  A temporary mental lapse, such as an inability to remember something, to focus one's attention, to understand something, or to perform some other mental task of which one would ordinarily be capable.
 * 2) * 1944, D. H. Lawrence and Frieda Lawrence, The First Lady Chatterley (original version of Lady Chatterley's Lover, 2005 reprint), ISBN 9781419130595, ch. 20, p. 264:
 * "I can't remember. I've got a cramp of the brain. Do you mind hitting me over the head?"
 * "What for?"
 * "To make me forget the last two minutes, and take away my brain cramp."
 * 1) * 2009, Stephen King, Under the Dome, ISBN 9781439149034, online preview edition:
 * I had a brain-cramp there for a minute, the smile said, but now sanity has reasserted itself.
 * I had a brain-cramp there for a minute, the smile said, but now sanity has reasserted itself.