thought bubble

I have a lot of things to say about misappropriation, just generally, but also about misdesignation, which is not a word, of important everyday symbols or devices which are intended to communicate something but end up communicating something else entirely when misused.

So can I just say 'thought bubble', which is usually used to suggest 'a small ill-formed or unformed or pre-formed idea which may or may not develop into something more robust' is a misappropriation of the reality of the thought bubble in comics which is basically a thought cloud - it sits above the character's head and only they know what's in it but essentially it's silent and personal. A thought bubble is what you're thinking, like Nancy's thought above. It's a done deal. You can't pop it, it won't burst under pressure. I don't like this misuse of 'thought bubble'.

Don't even start me on 'brain fart'. Please, ugh.