Idiom
shower thought
Meaning
An idea, often some minor epiphany, that occurs while showering or otherwise going about one’s everyday routine.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I had a funny shower thought this morning.”
“While washing my hair, I had a shower thought about why we park on driveways and drive on parkways.”
“He often jots down a profound shower thought in his journal, finding that his most creative ideas emerge during his quiet morning routine.”
Examples
simple
“I had a funny shower thought this morning.”
contextual
“While washing my hair, I had a shower thought about why we park on driveways and drive on parkways.”
complex
“He often jots down a profound shower thought in his journal, finding that his most creative ideas emerge during his quiet morning routine.”
Origin
From circa 2009. The term is a compound of the noun *shower* and the noun *thought*, indicating a realization occurring during a period of bathing.
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