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I'll just keep looking, but thanks for the feedback

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That's the way the Reverse Dictionary works. If you enter just one word you will usually have no luck whatever, as it will return only a few words with similar spelling. If you enter more than one word you will get hundreds or thousands of responses, probably 99.7 per cent inapplicable


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Tell me something new! I love this little gadget, I use it every day and have it favorited ever since I can remember myself... I tried playing with it before I came asking here, but as said, no luck

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Found it! "mentalese". A very uncommon word as I thought

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/mentalese

I tried playing with the definition of language...then it hit me, "language of thought"! I googled it and wiki brought it straight up.

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It's more of an hypothetical term and the definitions I offered probably weren't good enough to deduce it, but thanks for replying

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In case you're interested, Wiki redirects "mentalese" to an article called Language of Thought.

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Yep, that's where I found it

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...then it hit me, "language of thought"! I googled it and wiki brought it straight up.

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men·tal·ese(mntl-z, -ls)
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A hypothetical language in which concepts and propositions are represented in the mind without words


You were right about the m! I've always fantasized about how cool it would be if we could transmit an image from our own mind into somebody else's--what a lot of confusion could be eliminated!
Query, though: can a "language without words" really be a language?

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Originally Posted By: Jackie
Query, though: can a "language without words" really be a language?


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