means To refer to or note something briefly, in passing, without going into detail.

from From Latin 'mentio' — a calling to mind, a bringing-up — rooted in the same family as 'mens,' the mind, and 'memini,' to remember. It reached English through Old French 'mencion.' So a mention has always been, at heart, a thing dragged out of memory and set briefly on the table — which is fitting for a word that now travels with an @ in front of it.