I always forget refactoring, as in code refactoring, and fiber.

  • Orbital
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    4111 months ago

    I was going to answer this but I can’t remember.

    • @A_A
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      411 months ago

      Same here, I have that same word on the tip of my tongue and can’t remember it either.

  • @[email protected]
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    911 months ago

    The phrase “Baader-Meinhof effect”

    I love pointing out examples of it but always forget the name, leading to an awkward moment when I try to explain it

  • @funnystuff97
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    411 months ago

    I have no idea why, but convention. And not a thing where nerds like me gather to dork out about something, but a scientific standard. Whenever I’m explaining something, and someone asks why it operates that way, I’m always like, “it’s that way by… uh… y’know, it’s always been that way.” No clue why I always blank on that word specifically.

  • GreyShuck
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    411 months ago

    Ostention, which I occasionally use in its folkloric sense, is one that I can hardly ever bring to mind at the critical moment.

  • 👍Maximum Derek👍
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    11 months ago

    deflagration

    I had to look it up for this post. My brain’s inability to recall the word for detonation velocities lower than the speed of sound wasn’t an issue until rotating detonation engines started to make news and I’ve needed to explain the difference between explosions and deflagrations to people.

  • @ohlaph
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    311 months ago

    Funny you should ask. And that’s the thing, I can’t remember.

    • @Wilzax
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      511 months ago

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  • gregorum
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    311 months ago

    oh, um… shit, it’s right on the tip of my tongue…

  • Golfnbrew
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    311 months ago

    Defenestration

    Gets me every time I need it…

  • @waz
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    211 months ago

    Empathy and sympathy. I know they are different, and I know how they are different, but I always forget which is which.