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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts: 1

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Looking it up just kinda feels like cheating, y'know? Or at least throwing in the towel.

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[–] exixx 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

There's probably a word for it in German or Swedish. I bet it's long and hard to pronounce, maybe with a non-English pronunciation symbol.

[–] jasep 6 points 1 year ago

Google translate says "Zungenspitze" is the German word for "tip of tongue".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] cashews_best_nut 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Let me rephrase that: I never heard one. There is a word for tip of the tongue but not for the concrete situation OP described. I mean the possibility to just look up stuff wherever you are is a very recent development so it makes sense that a word that incorporates this isn't invented yet.

[–] blazeknave 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Still don't believe you. Just smash a sentence together or whatever y'all do. We need you. Latin doesn't do this.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I invented one for you:

Zungenspitzendilemma, das

When you have something stuck at the tip of your tongue, but looking it up feels like cheating.

[–] blazeknave 1 points 1 year ago

We're best friends now. Do another one: "when an Internet stranger connects with you over an infinitesimally small and unlikely shared idea or experience, and for the first time in your life, you don't feel alone on an earth with 7 billion humans, and you have a best friend"

[–] cmbabul 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’d be surprised if there isn’t a German word for it

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I think it's "tipphoffzetongue"