Day 153

'Trying to think of the word but honestly... I'm stumped', Pen on Paper

We often have that problem when explaining or describing something where I can't quite seem to find the right word and the most  irritating thing being that you know exactly what it is your trying to describe but for whatever reason the word just plain refuses to come out. Instead the word perches silently at the back of your throat gently teasing you by almost making itself audible only to dissolve its oration before it has the chance to roll off your tongue. What then happens is you mentally scroll through the rest of your lexicon of words trying to find something similar enough to force the little bastard out of hiding, the problem is though your trying to think of a secondary word that describes a subject that is best described by the first initial word that you couldn't quite recall. Then if you attempt to source the help of others by attempting to describe the basic parameters of how and where the word would exist it only adds to the confusion. The reasons being, firstly that as we are unable to recall what it is we are trying to say, how then can we possibly describe it in such a way that someone else would be able to guess it. If it were possible that we were able to describe it well enough for someone else to guess the word then surely the word would have already come to mind as we articulated our explanation. Secondly, and partially as a result of our inability to describe what we are trying to say, the person were are involving is too far removed from the original context in which the word was considered to fully grasp our intended meaning. The result being then that the possibilities that they are stating are in no way similar and it only causes things to become more indecipherable and perplexing. 

 So it is fortunate then that eventually the word does come to mind normally when we are in the process of carrying out some sort of remedial and generic task. Which more often than not involves us having one of those eureka moments that involves us shouting out the word in front of a rather bemused group of people and then having to explain our actions. Also thought it was worth noting that I have since discovered that the word that describes this inability to recall words is 'lethologica' which in itself is quite difficult to recall so I'll probably forget that the next time I try to use it.