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You know when something's on the tip of your tongue and — as frustrating as it is — you'd prefer to try and think of it rather than look it up? There should be a word for that. (lemmy.world)
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Looking it up just kinda feels like cheating, y'know? Or at least throwing in the towel.

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[-] DrRatso@lemmy.ml 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Generally it is literally called a “tip-of-the-tongue” state in psych literature. Presque vu is the “fancy” french term for it, and means almost seen, similar to deja vu (already seen).

E: as a sidenote, I am fairly sure Vsauce had a video on this.

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