Last January, I noticed something peculiar in my 2yo’s bedroom that - after a year of obsessive reporting - led me to a profound cosmic revelation about what’s even possible in our universe. A 🧵.
I was just reading about this. This is a type of neologism known as a Ghost Word!
the classic example (you may have heard from Vsauce) is Dord.
It’s funny how I would see this the very next day after learning about it! (Even though that may not be true for the rest of you.) Anyone know what THAT phenomenon is called?
Maybe some sort of aberrant Baader-Meinhof phenomenon (frequency illusion)? Although that is usually more like, I bought a Camry and now I see them everywhere, but they were everywhere before- I just didn’t notice until I had one.
I was just reading about this. This is a type of neologism known as a Ghost Word!
the classic example (you may have heard from Vsauce) is Dord.
It’s funny how I would see this the very next day after learning about it! (Even though that may not be true for the rest of you.) Anyone know what THAT phenomenon is called?
Maybe some sort of aberrant Baader-Meinhof phenomenon (frequency illusion)? Although that is usually more like, I bought a Camry and now I see them everywhere, but they were everywhere before- I just didn’t notice until I had one.
I think that was the one I was thinking of