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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)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@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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[–] lobelia581@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 10 months ago (3 children)

sometimes it's something that can't be looked up like a song tune or a scene from a show. i tried searching once using humming and it didn't work, but thankfully it only took a couple days for me to remember where it was from

[–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A couple of days...! I get annoyed after a couple of minutes, lol

[–] lobelia581@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

it was definitely annoying that's for sure

[–] Sigh_Bafanada@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Once, I had a song in my head that I wasn't able to remember much about. I posted on the /r/tipofmytongue community, letting them know that all I could remember was "eh, oppah"

After a few incorrect guesses, somebody realized that it was Moby's "Natural Blues"

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Definitely the worst part of being a post rock fan, or I guess a fan of any instrumental music.