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21 People Who Forgot A Word And Just Made Some Shit Up

im crying

a friend of mine forgot the word “lamp” once and said “light faucet”

I’m shaking from laughter. Yes, this is the right way to start a Friday morning.

Listen guys, I have a BA in English and an MA in Professional Writing and I have:

Forgotten the word “gums” and called them “teeth cuticles”
Forgotten the term “liquor store” and called it a “rum-o-rama”
Forgotten the word “mohawk” and called it a “head mustache”

The list goes on and on. Wording is HARD. 

You know that putty you put in holes before you paint a wall? I forgot the word “putty,” called it “hole-be-gone” instead, and now my whole family refers to it as hole-be-gone.

it’s hard to make the brain do the english, ok!?

I wish I had this skill.
When I lose a word, my brain derails. I use the term ‘derail’ because it is the mental equivalent of a train derailment (just easier to clean up)

At the staff meeting, my boss referred to the clipboard as “that snappy board”

My 4-year-old nephew didn’t know the word “knuckle” so he told us his finger knee hurt.

I forgot the word “speech” once so I said “you wrote me an essay with your mouth”

Dad once temporarily had the term “auto body filler” leave his brain; the Canadian Tire worker had her whole day made when he cheerfully said, “I’m here to procure some…car-spackle!”

I once forgot the work barrel so I described it as a round wooden box and then something “pirates put rum in it” before my mate figured out what I meant.

Oh god. Here we go.

Once upon a time, I had a lot of trouble communicating with friends. It could be argued that I still do.

In my first year of high school, I was talking to this one girl who I’ll call Lullaby. We had literally every class together, so we started hanging out all the time.

During lunch, we had a conversation about our experiences dating girls vs. dating guys in a sexual manner. We get back and we go to the rest of our classes, and she starts out the door.

What I WANT to say is “Come back”

Of course my brain decides that there are synonyms to words that sound like that, since it won’t actually word.

I blurt out, in front of half of my class.

“Ejaculate back!”

I do this a lot.

Here are some good ones:

I stepped on something gross and it got between my toes, and in my distress I referred to my toes as “feet teeth.”

I was very proud to have finished the “plate laundry.”

I told my ex to go look in the garage, only I said “car pantry.”

But my VERY FAVORITE is when I couldn’t remember the word for brown, so I called it “boring purple.”

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I once forgot the work barrel so I described it as a round wooden box and then something “pirates put rum in it” before my mate figured out what I meant.

“Something pirates put rum in” is usually “pirates” in my experience.

Look, I still maintain “food closet” is a perfectly acceptable term if you can’t remember “pantry”.

Conversely I once forgot the term “linen closet” and told my mum to get a sheet from the Blanket Pantry.

Not two hours ago I wanted to know if a drink had “the milk.. Sugar.. Sugar milk..” in it.

The barista took pity on me and took over: yes, a Vietnamese iced coffee does have sweetened condensed milk in it.