Why are they called “thoughts” and not “thinks?” It’s probably a stupid question, and if I think hard enough I’d probably wind up with the general answer, but as it is I am too lazy to think, much more think, hard, so I am putting this out there. “Thinks.” I have a lot of thinks. Could be that it sounds too much like things or sinks. There are so many thinks running through my head. Could be its irreversible nature, that it is in the past,thought, not the present, think, and you cannot unthink what has been thought. I don’t know; I don’t really care, “think” as a noun sounds ridiculous when you think about it.