Mind candy

[nq:1]I have tried to nail down the definition of "mind candy" in Google but there seems to be some ambiguity ... be something endowing pleasure and entertainment but small mental nourishment for building healthy mental constructs, but I am not sure.[/nq]
Without commenting for now on the substantive issue, I'll just say that I should like that to be written 'mind-candy', if you please (by ana

[nq:1]I have tried to nail down the definition of "mind candy" in Google but there seems to be some ambiguity ... be something endowing pleasure and entertainment but small mental nourishment for building healthy mental constructs, but I am not sure.[/nq]
I had never heard or seen it before seeing this post, but it looks to me like a formation on the analogy of "eye candy", which would yield a

Joe Fineman (Email Removed) wrote on 05 Apr 2004:
[nq:1]Google gets 46,900 hits for "ear candy", which is also new to me.[/nq]
Pop music?

Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor.

[nq:2]I have tried to nail down the definition of "mind ... for building healthy mental constructs, but I am not sure.[/nq]
[nq:1]I had never heard or seen it before seeing this post, but it looks to me like a formation on ... (rather than eye) from more serious fixations. Google gets 46,900 hits for "ear candy", which is also new to me.[/nq]
What concerned me was whether the term was to b

[nq:2]I had never heard or seen it before seeing this ... hits for "ear candy", which is also new to me.[/nq]
[nq:1]What concerned me was whether the term was to be a compliment to something amusing and intriguing, or was it a pejorative to describe something shallow and perhaps injurious to mental "teeth"?[/nq]
Mind candy, eye candy and ear candy are just things that appeal more to the se

[nq:2]What concerned me was whether the term was to be ... to describe something shallow and perhaps injurious to mental "teeth"?[/nq]
[nq:1]Mind candy, eye candy and ear candy are just things that appeal more to the senses than to the logical ... is more expensive or less functional than another item, but the negative aspect is not required to use the term.[/nq]
Then would all sports fall

[nq:2]Mind candy, eye candy and ear candy are just things ... the negative aspect is not required to use the term.[/nq]
[nq:1]Then would all sports fall into that classification?[/nq]
I've never purchased a sport.
[nq:1]Would ***?[/nq]
I've never purchased ***.
[nq:1]Would a good meal?[/nq]
Yes.

[nq:1]What concerned me was whether the term was to be a compliment to something amusing and intriguing, or was it a pejorative to describe something shallow and perhaps injurious to mental "teeth"?[/nq]
The only one of these expressions that I've heard is "eye candy" and it is always used pejoratively, mostly with regard to pretty computer desktop displays that add no meaningful functionality

[nq:2]What concerned me was whether the term was to be ... to describe something shallow and perhaps injurious to mental "teeth"?[/nq]
[nq:1]The only one of these expressions that I've heard is "eye candy" and it is always used pejoratively, mostly with regard to pretty computer desktop displays that add no meaningful functionality to the PC.[/nq]
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I see. Then it must be a marketable product.
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