I always forget refactoring, as in code refactoring, and fiber.
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my mnemonics are:
e.g. = egxample, i.e. = in eother wordsI think writers and readers both stumble over them. I avoid both altogether these days.
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I do, too, but that’s remembering, not forgetting.
My mnemonic is “for eggsample.”
Example given
I use “in essence” for i.e.
I have ADHD, so pretty much every word when I need it most.
callipygian
“Idiomatic” and “Wirth’s Law”/“May’s Law” come to mind.
Of course now I have no problem bringing them to mind.
ma ja pa hit
Mahajapit ❌
Majahapit ❌
Mapajahit ❌
Mahapajit ❌
Mahajapit ❌
Ma-ja-pa-hit?✅☑️✅☑️✅
I forgot
The one that means:
When you find unexpected good fortune.
I always remember the word “providence” when I mean the other one, without the religious connotation. Like kismet.
It’s Serendipity btw.
I’m better at writing than talking because it takes me so long to think of so many words.
today I paused for 30 seconds trying to remember “second line of defense,”
and paused again for a really long time trying to remember what this thing is called I plug my phone into recharge when I’m traveling, oh yeah it’s called a “power bank.”
Empathy and sympathy. I know they are different, and I know how they are different, but I always forget which is which.
Effect/affect
Ladle. Big soup scoopy thing. Never remember this word. Terribly specific.
I think I prefer “soupy scoopy” over “ladle” now
I forgot. 🤷🏻♂️
Funny you should ask. And that’s the thing, I can’t remember.
I am very thesaurus-minded and express myself precisely when possible, so I don’t have any words I just forget, but once in a while I might not be able to find a word that embodies what I’m trying to get across, which is always frustrating as someone whose first language does have an equivalent to the missing word in question.
oh, um… shit, it’s right on the tip of my tongue…
