What word is on the tip of your tongue but you just can't think of it? - Page 4

Aliantha · 10-22-2008, 08:10 PM

We call them bubblers over here.

monster · 10-22-2008, 08:21 PM

The name of the meat pies served by Mrs Whatsit -Sweeny Todd's partner in crime -the ones really made from Humans.... I'm thinking "Albanian Lamb" but that doesn't come up as a hit for that when I google it....

Anyone? Bueller?

not on the tip of my tongue, but bugging the hell out of me sometimes

Chocolatl · 10-22-2008, 08:47 PM

I thought they were just called Mrs. Lovett's meat pies?

Cicero · 10-22-2008, 09:05 PM

The worst pies in London...?

dar512 · 10-23-2008, 09:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC

Ha! no it's not! I remember it!

Exploit *smiles*

Writing essays about early industrialisation and labour history it's a word I find myself reaching for from time to time...and I always have a problem

Sticky note on monitor.

That's where I keep anecdotal and orthogonal. They're quite useful words but I seem to have a hole in my brain where those words should go.

Madman · 10-23-2008, 11:12 AM

Last night...

"Pedometer" was the word. "Peter Meter" is what came out.

dar512 · 10-23-2008, 12:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Madman

Last night...

"Pedometer" was the word. "Peter Meter" is what came out.

Well, they do say there is a relationship. foot size etc.

Cicero · 10-23-2008, 12:26 PM

OMG. I kept forgetting that there was a word I was forgetting....Utter fail.

lumberjim · 10-23-2008, 01:02 PM

i think if you have a particular word that always eludes you, maybe it indicates a trauma or damage to the locale on the brain where that is stored. also, i visualize brain pathways like rivulets, so when you repeatedly go down the wrong track looking for a word, you are reinforcing that error each time. For a few years when i was a kid, i would think yellow, but say red. there is still an association in there, but ive gotten around it.

Cicero · 10-23-2008, 01:04 PM

ORANGE! Bwuahahaaa!

Shawnee123 · 10-23-2008, 01:05 PM

Orange you glad I didn't say banana?

lumberjim · 10-23-2008, 01:17 PM

how about the opposite of this effect. where you have a word stuck in your head that you keep chanting internally?

husquevarna

Shawnee123 · 10-23-2008, 01:18 PM

Well NOW I do. Or would if I could pronounce it.

Cicero · 10-23-2008, 01:19 PM

That deserves it's own thread.

lumberjim · 10-23-2008, 01:21 PM

ok

10-22-2008, 08:10 PM	#46
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	We call them bubblers over here. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-22-2008, 08:21 PM	#47
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	The name of the meat pies served by Mrs Whatsit -Sweeny Todd's partner in crime -the ones really made from Humans.... I'm thinking "Albanian Lamb" but that doesn't come up as a hit for that when I google it.... Anyone? Bueller? not on the tip of my tongue, but bugging the hell out of me sometimes __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-22-2008, 09:05 PM	#49
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	The worst pies in London...? __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

10-23-2008, 12:26 PM	#53
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	OMG. I kept forgetting that there was a word I was forgetting....Utter fail. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

10-23-2008, 01:02 PM	#54
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i think if you have a particular word that always eludes you, maybe it indicates a trauma or damage to the locale on the brain where that is stored. also, i visualize brain pathways like rivulets, so when you repeatedly go down the wrong track looking for a word, you are reinforcing that error each time. For a few years when i was a kid, i would think yellow, but say red. there is still an association in there, but ive gotten around it. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-22-2008, 08:47 PM	#48
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	I thought they were just called Mrs. Lovett's meat pies?

10-23-2008, 11:12 AM	#51
Madman has left the building. Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 455	Last night... "Pedometer" was the word. "Peter Meter" is what came out.

10-23-2008, 01:04 PM	#55
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	ORANGE! Bwuahahaaa! __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

10-23-2008, 01:05 PM	#56
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Orange you glad I didn't say banana? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-23-2008, 01:17 PM	#57
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	how about the opposite of this effect. where you have a word stuck in your head that you keep chanting internally? husquevarna __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-23-2008, 01:18 PM	#58
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Well NOW I do. Or would if I could pronounce it. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-23-2008, 01:19 PM	#59
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	That deserves it's own thread. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

10-23-2008, 01:21 PM	#60
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	ok __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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