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food for thought

FOOD for THAWT

fuːd fər θɔːt

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foodforthought

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information, ideas, or arguments that are interesting and worthy of serious consideration and reflection; something that stimulates further thinking and mental processing; the metaphor treats the mind as nourished by ideas in the way the body is nourished by food

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