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Look at this cool word I just learned

Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon: The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon occurs when a person, after having learned some (usually obscure) fact, word, phrase, or other item for the first time, encounters that item again, perhaps several times, shortly after having learned it.

I’ve been calling this phenomenon “plate of shrimp” for years because of Repo Man.

(via forwhenifeellikesharing:tristn:bestofwikipedia)

Past cool words: poetaster, uxorious, portmanteau, vexillology, euonym, Irish goodbye, Lima syndrome, illeism
7/29/2009 @ 13:20  #cool words #language  101 notes
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  6. sincerelysaw reblogged this from bestofwikipedia and added:
    i wonder if i’ll hear about this now...i’ve heard about it….
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  9. jonmak reblogged this from kami and added:
    *GASP*, I just learnt this term yesterday! See what I did there?
  10. conairh reblogged this from kami and added:
    I’ve known about this for a while. I guess a healthy obsession with the RAF, neo-leftists and German terrorist groups...
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  12. cosmicfriend reblogged this from suburbantragic and added:
    Whoa. I just learned what retarded meant yesterday. That’s so freaky.
  13. suburbantragic reblogged this from dontcookbilly and added:
    This happens to me so much, it’s retarded.
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    Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon: The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon occurs when
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