Why we say 'whatchamacallit' when words escape us
Over 50,000 years ago, humans started speaking and we’ve not shut up since. Sometimes, though, we struggle to remember the name of an object, a place, or a person we want to talk about. The technical term for this phenomenon is “lethologica”.News Arena Network - London - UPDATED: July 8, 2024, 09:55 PM - 4 mins read
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