I have, twice that I can remember.
- Nukamajig - microwave. I still use it from time to time because it’s too stupid not to.
- Miscombobulate - mixup and confuse. Just now, between the time it was and when the appartment building’s laundry room was closed for the night.
You people are way too bright with your apt and often witty alternatives for when you forget something’s actual name. Me? I just employ an entirely random sound or made up word. It drives my wife insane. “Babe, would you pass me the…fucking… spraaaal?”
My mom sometimes uses “doomaflagidad” for basically anything. The only way I’ve been able to translate is by using context clues. Usually based on what we’re talking about or if she’s pointing or using hand gestures.
I used to work in a Mexican restaurant. I always forgot the Spanish word for oven, so I’d say “La máquina que hace calor la comida.”
When I was young there was a book of words made up by people where words didn’t exist. Close to what OP was saying. They were called Snigglets. I remember a few.
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Downpause-the interruption of rain when you drive under a bridge.
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Ignosecond- the tiny interval of time, for instance, between closing the car door and while it is in motion, remembering the key is inside.
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PRNDL - pronounced prendle, the stock in the middle of the car it on the steering column that switches between drive modes.
And one I made up:
- Blurble - when a liquid is being poured into a container and at some point a drop jumps out of the container and into your eye or some other inconvenient place. Also, when you are drinking and the liquid level in the container reaches that critical point where when the drink is returned to a level position causes a drop to blurble out of the cup. And finally that sound a liquid makes when it comes out of a 2 liter bottle.
PRNDL
My brain wants this to be “Purndle”
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My friend had brain surgery for an aneurysm, and every so often she fumbles a word as a result. One day she wanted to say the word lumberjacks, but her brain came up with logfarmers instead.
Couldn’t think of “croissants” as a kid, called them “curly rolls,” my uncle mocked me as a true product of the south, etc…
i take a drug that gives temporary wordal aphasia as a symptom so i do that all the time. it helps writing lyrics and makes in person conversation more difficult and more fun.
When my mom forgets the word she wants to use, she replaces them with words like “whaticall” or “doflicky”
Swedish is awesome with compound words, say that you forget the Swedish word for “computer”, “dator”, you could just use “informationshanteringsmaskin” instead!
I used three words to make one compound word, the words I used was:
“Information”, “hantering” and “maskin”
Informationhandlingmachine ?
Yeah!
Shoobynorf
My partner says “pizza rind” for the crust edge that she won’t eat.
I have cryptolalia. So… squirtainly.
i must be misunderstanding cryptolalia. is that something a person has just with themselves or is that a shared language?
Nukamajig is something id expect in fallout
In Big Mt.
I remember there was a reddit community about this for a while, but I can’t remember what it was.
My favorite that I’ve used on occasion during a brain fart is ‘food laundry’ when I can’t remember ‘dishes’
I love it lol
There’s a similar thing called “sniglets” (words for things that don’t have words).
A friend went through a lot of relationships last year and at one point I just lost track of their names so I started calling them a random woman’s name which stuck, and now the whole group of friends refers to his various love interests with that name.
